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WAR DEPARTMENT 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 



A Guide 

FOR THE USE OF OFFICERS OF THE 

Inspector General's Department 



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Prepared under direction of the 
Inspector General of the Army 



(REVISED TO INCLUDE DECEMBER 26, I9II) 




WASHINGTON 

GOVEflNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1912 



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WAR DEPARTMENT, 

Document No. 403. 

Offick of the Inspectou General. 






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War Department, 
Office of the Chief of Staff. 

Washington, October 19, 1911. 
The following Guide for the Use of Officers of the Inspector Gefi- 
eral's Department, 1911, prepared under direction of the Inspector 
General, is published for the information and government of the 
Regular Army and Organized Militia of the United States. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 

Wm. H. Carter, 
Major General, Acting Chief of Staff. 

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TABLE OF COjSTTEI^TS. 

Page. 

Inspector General's Department 9 

Office of the Inspector General of the Army 10 

Inspectors general and acting inspectors general 10 

Inspections 14 

Inspection of a garrisoned post 19 

Special instructions to inspectors 24 

Inspection of an arsenal or depot 27 

Reports of inspections, statements of irregularities and deficiencies, and reme- 
dial action reports 30 

Inspection of money accounts 34 

Method of Inspection 36 

Checks 39 

Check books and unused checks 41 

Certificates of deposit 42 

Proceeds of sales 42 

Appropriations 44 

Money vouchers 45 

Disbursing officers 47 

Depositaries 57 

Closing statements 58 

Reports of inspections, etc 58 

Inspection of property for condemnation 59 

Animals 68 

Books 68 

BuUdings 68 

Submarine mine property 69 

At national cemeteries 69 

Quartermaster's property 69 

Subsistence supplies 72 

Medical property 73 

Engineer property .- 74 

Ordnance and ordnance stores 76 

Signal property 84 

American National Red Cross 85 

Ammunition 85 

Annual reports 88 

Arms and equipments 89 

For commissioned officers 89 

For enlisted men and organizations 91 

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Page. 

Army 101 

Army transports 105 

Articles of AVar 110 

Badges and medals 110 

BagpaRe 112 

Bands 113 

Battalions and squadrons -. 113 

Bicycles ll'l 

Blank forms , 114 

Boards of officers. 115 

Huildings 117 

Ceremonies ■' - 119 

Civilian employees 119 

Claims against the United States 122 

Contracts and purchases 122 

Contract surgeons 124 

Dental Corps 124 

Discliarges 125 

Diseases 125 

Eight-hour law 126 

Fortifications 126 

Funds 133 

Regimental, bakery, company and mess , 133 

General Stall Corps ,. .i... .,,— .^. 142 

Guard duty 142 

Guns and carriages 144 

Holidays 147 

Honors to the flag 14H 

Ice 150 

Instruction 151 

'I'licortUeal 151 

Practical 154 

Laundries 158 

MaU 159 

Manure 159 

Maps 159 

Marine Corps 159 

MiUtary post 160 

Militia KIO 

Mosquitoes ..,..,....■.. KU 

National cemeteries , 101 

Noncommissioned officers _.^.;.....,..^.,. 162 

Outside influence ...|,„,,. 165 

Philippine scouts .,,,„,.., 106 

Physiial examination and tests of officers , ,.|.^ ... , 167 

Post bakeries 168 

Post commander ...p..., 169 

Post exchange 171 

Presents 176 

Prisoners r •-,-,-- » 1"C 

Private mounts ,,.^ ,,......,... 179 

Private property ,. 181 



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Page. 

Protection against fires 182 

Public animals 182 

Publications 185 

Public property 185 

Punishments 194 

Quarters 195 

Railroads 196 

Rations 196 

Records and correspondence 198 

Books and records 204 

Recruiting service 210 

Recruiting stations 210 

Recruit depots and depot posts 214 

Retired officers 216 

Servants , 216 

Shoes 217 

Signal Corps depots and posts 217 

Soldiers' homes 217 

Soldiers' Home at Washington, D. C 217 

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 218 

Staff 219 

Submarine mining 219 

Subsistence stores 221 

Surveying officer 222 

Tableware 225 

Telegrams 227 

Telegraphic code 227 

Telephones 227 

Tentage 227 

Transportation 228 

Uniform 230 

Veterinarians 233 

Water supply, sewerage, heating and lighting plants 234 

Appendix. — Form for report of an inspection of a garrisoned post and form for 

statement of irregularities and deficiencies 235 

List of abbreviations used 245 

Index 247 



A GUIDE FOR USE OF OFFICERS OF THE INSPECTOR 
GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. 



INSPECTOR GENEKAL'S DEPARTMENT. 

1. That from and after the approval of this act the Army of the 
United States, inrhiding the existing organizations, shall consist of 
* * * an Inspector General's Department, * * *. The In- 
spector General's Department shall consist of one inspector general 
with the rank of brigadier general, four inspectors general with the 
Tank of colonel, four inspectors general with the rank of lieutenant 
colonel, and eight inspectors general with the rank of major: Provided, 
That all vacancies created or caused by this section shall be filled, 
as far as possible, by promotion according to seniority of officers of 
the Inspector General's Department. (Act approved Feb. 2, 1901, 
31 Stat. L., 748, 751; G. O. 9, A. G. O., 1901, p. 5. See par. 2, post.) 

2. That upon the occurrence of a vacancy in the grade of colonel 
in the Inspector General's Department after the present lieutenant 
colonels therein shall have been promoted or retired, such vacancy 
shall not be filled, and thereafter the number of officers authorized 
for that department shall be as follows: One inspector general with 
the rank of brigadier general; three inspectors general with the rank 
of colonel ; four inspectors general with the rank of lieutenant colonel, 
and nine inspectors general with the rank of major. (Act approved 
Mar. 2, 1901, 31 Stat. L., 899; G. O. 26, A. G. O., 1901, p. 7.) 

3. Details from the line to fill vacancies in, appointment of chief, 
etc. (Act approved Feb. 2, 1901, sec. 26; 31 Stat. L., 755; G. O. 9, 
A. G. O., 1901, p. 11.) 

4. The Secretary of War may, in addition, detail officers of the 
line, not to exceed four, to act as assistant inspectors general: Pro- 
vided, That officers of the line detailed as acting inspectors general 
shall have all the allowances of cavalry officers of their respective 
grades. (Act approved June 23, 1874, 18 Stat. L., 244; G. O. 78, 
A. G. O., 1874, p. 1.) 

5. Expert accountant for, authorized. (Act June 13, 1890, 26 
Stat. L., 151; G. O. 69, A. G. O., 1890; act Feb. 24, 1891, 26 Stat. L., 
773; G. O. 27, A. G. O., 1891.) 

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10 INSPECTORS GENERAL. 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OK THE ARMY. 

6. The office of the Inspector General in the War Department is a 
bureau of the War Department, similar in its character to the "office 
of the Quartermaster General," and the "office of the Commissary 
General," and the "office of The Adjutant General," etc., and also 
"in the status and authority of its chief," so far as hLs authority and 
status as a chief of bureau in the War Department go. (Op. J. A. G., 
May 3, 1898; 3314-1, O. I. G.) 

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INSPECTOR.S GENERAL AND ACTING INSPECTORS GENERAL. 

7. Sphere of inquiry includes every branch of military affairs 
except when .specially limited in Army Regulations or orders. 
(A. R., 895.) 

8. Will exercise a comprehensive and general observation within 
the command to which assigned over all that pertains to the efficiency 
of the Army, the condition and state of supplies of all kinds, of arms 
and equipments, of the expenditure of public property and moneys, 
and the condition of accounts of all disbursing officers of every 
branch of the service, of the conduct, discipline, and efficiency of 
officers and troops, and report with strict impartiality in regard to 
all irregularities that may be discovered. (A. R., 895.) 

9. From time to time they will make such suggestions as may 
appear to them practicable for the correction of any defect that may 
come under their observation. (A. R., 895.) 

10. When assigned to a military command they are under the 
immediate direction of its commanding general; when not so assigned, 
they are under the orders of the War Department. (A. R.. 896.) 

11. They will make such special inspections as the commanding 
general may direct within the limits of his command. (A. R., 896.) 

12. Report by letter on arriving at their stations to the Inspector 
General of the Army. (A. R., 897.) 

13. An officer of a staff corps or department, or an officer serving 
therein by detail, will report to The Adjutant General of the Army 
and to the head of his corps or department on the last day of every 
month, giving his address, a statement of the duties on which he has 
been employed during the month, the date of his a.ssignment thereto, 
and the authority by which so assigned. (A. R., 843.) 

14. Personal reports when absent with leave, detached, etc. 
(A. R., 64, 841, 842.) 

Note. — A leave of absence commences on the day following 
that on which the officer departs from his proper station. The 



INSPECTORS GENERAL. 11 

day of departure, whatever the hour, is counted as a day of duty; 
the day of return as a day of absence. (A. R., 58.) The day of 
departure from command or station in the case of detached service 
and the day of return from such service are counted as days of 
detached service. (Cir. 41, W. D., 1909.) 

15. Reporting in person on arriving in Washington or at the 
headquarters of a division or department. (A. R., 839.) 

16. Will furnish to the Inspector General of the Army copies 
of all orders and written instructions received for tours of inspec- 
tion or for investigations, giving the nature of the duty they are 
going to perform, the probable time they will be at each place to 
be visited during their tour, and the probable date they will return 
to their stations. (A. R., 897.) 

Note. — Officers of the Inspector General's Department in the 
Philippines Division are not required to furnish copies of orders 
and written instructions for tours of inspection, nor itineraries 
of routes of travel, etc., called for by A. R., 897. (10039, O. I. G.) 

17. At the close of each fiscal year the inspector general as- 
signed to a military command will submit to its commanding 
general a report covering the operations of the Inspector General's 
Department within the command during the preceding year, together 
with such recommendations for the improvement of the service 
as he may deem fit, and will forward a copy thereof, through mili- 
tary channels, to The Adjutant General of the Army, who will trans- 
mit it to the Inspector General of the Army. (A. R., 897.) Copy 
of annual report intended for the Inspector General of the Army 
should be forwarded as above in time to reach his office not later 
than August 10 of each year. (13505-G, O. I. G.) 

18. An officer of the Inspector General's Department, upon being 
relieA'ed from duty as inspector general of a division, will submit 
directly to the Inspector General of the Army a statement showing 
the status of the inspections pertaining to that division, including 
those assigned under A. R., 910. (13505, O. I. G.) 

19. Will make known their orders or instructions to commanding 
officers and other officers whose troops and affairs they are directed 
to inpect. (A. R., 898.) 

20. Wlien making inspections within the territorial limits of 
the command of an officer subordinate to the officer ordering the 
inspections, they will, prior to the inspections, furnish to the sub- 
ordinate commander a copy of their orders and an itinerary of their 
route in so far as they relate to the inspection of parts of his com- 
mand. (A. R., 898.) 



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21. >»ot to j^ive orders unless specially authorized, then only 
in the name of the BU])erior fjiving such autlioritx . (A. R., 899.) 

22. All irrejjularities to })e reported with strict impartiality. 
(A. R., 899.) 

23. Should refrain from informal conversation or comment upon 
subjects under investigation. (A. R., 899.) 

24. Will exercise the greatest care that they do no injustice to 
oi^anizations or individuals. (A. R., 900.) 

25. WTien investigating accusations ])rejudicial to the char- 
acter of an officer, will make known to him their nature and give 
him an opportunity to make his own statement in writing, which 
will be appended to the report. (A. K., 900.) 

26. When detailed to investigate alleged attempts to defraud 
the Government, or any irregularity or misconduct of an\' officer 
or agent of the United States, they have authority to administer 
oaths to witnesses. (A. R., 901 ; R. S., 183, amended by act Feb. 13, 
1911, 36 Stat. L., 898; M. L., 691.) 

"The Inspector General's Department is an instrumentality placed 
at the disposal of the Secretary of War to assist him in military 
administration. It is not, in any sense, a tribunal; it has no power 
to reach findings or to impose punishment. It has power to admin- 
ister oaths, when necessary, in the course of an investigation and is 
regulated by the requirements of section 183, Revised Statutes, as 
amended. * * * 

"The officers of the Inspector General's Department are confi- 
dential agents of the Secretary of War, whose duty it is to collect 
the facts in respect to a particular incident; they are bound to make 
as full a presentation on both sides as is possible, their conduct 
in that regard being regulated by the requirements of paragraph 893 
of the Army Regulations, 1908 [A. R., 900 of 1910]. * * * 

"These investigations (by officers of the Inspector General's 
Department) are, as a rule, confidential; a different procedure may 
be prescribed by the Secretary of War or by the officer ordering 
the investigation; a public investigation may be directed, and 
those whose conduct is being made the subject of examination 
may be permitted to appear, to produce witnesses, and to cross- 
examine. * * * 

"In the case in reference, I understand Mr. has been per- 
mitted to be present during the conduct of the investigation. This 
is a matter that is committed to the discretion and judgment of the 
inspector, and is not regarded as a right which can be demanded 
by the person whose acts or conduct are being made the subject of 
investigation. 



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"If the investigation is confidential, the report is equally con- 
fidential, and there is no authority of law or practice in furnishing 
any person with copies of the Inspector General's notes. * * * 

"I think that the Inspector General correctly states the practice 
in respect to military investigations which are conducted by officera 
of his department, in which the practice is not to receive briefs. 
* * * ■' (Op. Judge Advocate General, Nov. 22, 1909; 13738- B, 
O. I.G.) 

The Secretary of War, November 24, 1909, said, with respect to 
a request for a copy of the notes of testimony as taken from day to 
day, as follows: "In conformity with the established practice in 
such cases the investigation is a confidential one, and I am advised 
that, as the investigation itself is confidential in character, there is 
no authority of law or practice for furnishing any person with copies 
of the Inspector General's notes in advance of their submission to 
the Secretary of War." (13738-B, O. I. G.) 

27. Inspectors general will, from time to time, designate the 
articles which, in their opinion, should be procured and kept for 
sale by the Subsistence Department, to officers and enlisted men 
while in garrison or permanent camps, and while in temporary camps 
or on active campaign. (A. R., 902; see also R. S., 1144.) 

For latest sales list, see G. O. 172, W. D., 1909. 

28. When assigned to a military command, they will each be 
allowed the necessary clerks and one messenger, who will be assigned 
by the Secretary of War. (A. R., 896.) 

29. Every facility and assistance, including clerical aid, if re- 
quested, will be furnished inspectors by commanding and other 
officers whose troops and affairs they are directed to inspect. (A. R., 
898.) 

30. The efficient discharge of the duty of inspecting officers 
requires a thorough acquaintance with the rules and usages of the 
service, the regulations and laws for the government of the Army, 
the systems of instruction for the troops, and the general principles 
of the military profession. Industrious attention must therefore be 
given by inspectors to the study of such matters as may pertain to 
their sphere of investigation; and habits of study and critical obser- 
vation should be assiduously cultivated. (G. O. 5, A. G. O., 1866.) 

31. Under the provisions of A. R.,888 (A. R., 895, 1910), in- 
spectors general will inquire into and report upon the business 
methods of all chief quartermasters and other officers on duty in the 
Quartermaster's Department under the conditions named in G. O. 
18 and 73, W. D., 1908, with special reference to the application of 



14 INSPECTIONS. 

the principles enunciated therein. ((J. O. 18, 73, 176, W. D., 1908.) 
Also see Cir. 7, Q. ^. G. O., 1909, as amended. 

82. Inspectors should offer their services (to inspect property or 
examine other matters) to })0Bt authorities whenever they officially 
visit them at limes not specified for a regular inspection. 

33. Whenever a complete inspection is made of an organized body 
of troops the inspector will ascertain whether there is on hand any 
excess of ordnance property over the needs of the organization, or 
any surplus not borne on returns, and will inquire into and report 
upon such excess or surplus wherever found to exist. (Cir. 87, W. D., 
1907.) 

34. Orders to inspectors about to visit posts, commands, etc., will 
be given in the form of letters and not published, as it is desirable 
that the inspectors shall see the posts, depots, etc., under normal 
conditions. (Cir. 22, W. D., 1903, par. 11.) 

35. Orders contemplating the payment of mileage should state 
the specific points to which travel is directed, whenever it is practi- 
cable to embody such information in the orders. (Paymaster Gen- 
eral, Mar. 7, 1906; 10381-11, O. I. G.) 

36. To enable the Quartermaster General to communicate with 
inspectors before they inspect quartermaster depots, inspectors gen- 
eral of departments are requested to notify the Quartermaster General 
direct of the probable date of such inspections. (Does not apply to 
the Philippine Islands; 11844, O. I. G.) 

37. On return to his station from an official tour an inspector 
should report verbally to his commander any matters that in his 
judgment require immediate attention, to be followed later by the 
written record. (Cir. 22, W. D., 1903, par. 9.) 

38. The necessity for making an inspection on a Sunday by an 
inspector general is a question to be passed upon by the inspector, 
who is responsible to higher authority for his action. (Secretary of 
War, May 19, 1905; 100-54, A-1, O. I. G.) 

INSPECTIONS. 

39. Hereafter no portion of the appropriation for mileage to officers 
shall be expended for inspections or investigations except such as 
are especially ordered by the Secretary of War, or such as are made 
by Army and department commanders in visiting their commands, 
and those made by Inspector General's Department in pursuance of 
law. Army Regulations, or orders issued by the Secretary of War. 
(Act Aug. 6, 1894, G. O. 32, 1894, and Cir. 16, 1903. A. G. O.) See 
also A. R., 1307, as to the Philippine I.'^landn. 



INSPECTIONS. 



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40. Special inspections and investigations within the limits of a 
command (territorial or tactical) may be made under orders of the 
commander thereof; but in all cases involving travel his selection 
of officers to perform such duty shall be restricted to inspectors gen- 
eral, acting inspectors general, or officers of the General Staff Corps 
on duty as such, at his headquarters under War Department assign- 
ment. (A. R., 903; see also A. R., 1307.) 

41. Stated inspections: 



All military commands, 
posts, and 



At least once 
each fiscal 
vear. 



Annually 



garrisoned 
camps. 

Armories. 

Arsenals. 

Depots. 

General hospitals. 

General recruiting sta- 
tions. 

Proving ground, Sandy 
Hook, N. J. 

Military prisoners in 
United States Peniten- 
tiary, Fort Leavenworth, 
Kans. 

National cemeteries, each once in 2 
years. 

Accounts of officers disbursing funds 
under the Secretary of War. 

Special inspections of posts and com- 
mands as may be deemed advisable. 

Military departments" 
and business methods of. 
the Military Academy, 

The Service Schools 



I By inspector general of 
the division or his assist- 
ants. (A. R., 905.) 



Inspections will be di- 
rected by the Secretary 
of War to be made by offi- 
cers recommended by 
the Inspector General of 
the Army. A. R., 906.) 

See par. 135, post. 



By the Inspector 
General or officers recom- 
mended by him under 
specific instructions of 
the War Department. 
(A. R., 907.) 



NoTK. — The fiscal year is the inspection year. (1690, O. I. G.) 

42. Of division and department headquarters to determine 
whether or not the prescribed methods of official business are strictly 
carried out. (G. O. 191, W. D., 1905.) 

43. The recruit depots at Fort Slocum, N-. Y. ; Columbus Barracks, 
Ohio; and Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and any other such depots that 



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may be established hereafter, will only be inspected by officers to be 
designated from The Adjutant General's Office. (G. O. 124, W. D., 
1907.) See i)ar, 68, -post. 

44. Ungarrisoned posts will be inspected at such times as the divi- 
sion commander may direct, ordinarily once in two years. (A. R., 
905.) 

45. The United States Military Prison at P^ort Leavenworth, 
Kans., and the Pacific Branch of the United States Military Prison 
at Alcatraz Island, Cal., are to be inspected at least once each year 
by one of the inspectors general of the Army. (R. S., 1348, amended 
by act Jan. 19, 1891, 26 Stat. L., 722; G. O. 8, A. G. O., 1891; act 
Mar. 2, 1907, 34 Stat. L., 1169; G. O. 58, W. D., 1907.) 

46. Just prior to the departure of an Army transport from a terminal 
port, and immediately upon its arrival at such port, it will be minutely 
inspected by an officer of the Inspector General's Department, or, if 
no officer of that department is available, by the officer in charge of 
water transj)ortation. In making this inspection all irregularities 
and deficiencies found by the inspector or mentioned in the report of 
the commanding officer of the troops, required by paragraph 232, 
Army Transport Service Regulations, will be investigated. (A. R., 
905.) 

47. The Secretary of War directs that in making periodical inspec- 
tions of Army transports, the inspections be extended to develop 
whether or not the Army Transport Service Regulations prohibiting 
the introduction of liquor and gambling are strictly enforced, and 
whether 'here is any illegitimate traffic in commissary supplies by 
those having access to such supplies. If irregularities in this respect 
are found, responsibilitj^ therefor will be fixed and recommendation 
made looking to correction. (Cir. Letter, O. I. G., Feb. 17, 1911; 
4481-AP, O. I. G.) 

48. Each mine i)lanter shall be inspected annually by an officer 
of the Inspector General's Department. (Par. 21. Regs, for Mine 
Planters, 1909.) 

49. Inspections of boats assigned to artillery districts for passenger 
and freight service and mine purposes: 

(a) Inspectors making inspections of coast artillery posts will in- 
clude a thorough inspection of all boats assigned to coast artillery 
service at such posts. (G. 0. 235, W. D., 1909. See par. 109, post.) 

(6) Daily inspection of a mine planter by its commanding officer. 
(G. O. 229, W. D., 1909.) 

(c) Daily inspection (except Sundays and legal holidays) of all 
boats assigned to artillery districts by officers directly in charge of 



INSPECTIONS. 17 

them, or by officers designated by the artillery district commanders. 
(G. O. 235, W. D., 1909.) 

(d) Artillery district and post commanders having boats assigned 
to their commands for coast artillery service, either permanently 
or temporarily, will make at least one careful inspection of every such 
boat monthly and on a day other than that of the regular monthly 
inspection. (G. O. 235, W. D., 1909.) 

50. The Inspector General of the Army shall, in person, once in 
each year, thoroughly inspect the Soldiers' Home at Washington, 
D. C, its records, accounts, management, discipline, and sanitary 
condition, and shall report thereon in writing, together with such sug- 
gestions as he desires to make. (Act Mar. 3, 1883; 22 Stat. L., 564; 
G. O. 24, A. G. O., 1883.) 

51. Hereafter, once in each fiscal year, the Secretary of War shall 
cause a thorough inspection to be made of the National Home for Dis- 
abled Volunteer Soldiers, its records, disbursements, management, 
discipline, and condition, such inspection to be made by an officer 
of the Inspector General's Department, who shall report thereon in 
writing, and said report shall be transmitted to Congress at the first 
session thereafter. (Act Aug. 18, 1894; 28 Stat. L., 412.) 

52. Annual inspections of the military departments of educational 
institutions at which officers of the Army are detailed as professors of 
military science and tactics are to be made April 1 to June 1 in each 
year by a board of four officers of the War Department General Staff. 
*(G. O. 231, W. D., 1909.) 

53. Inspections of the Organized Militia are to be made at least 
once each year by officers detailed by the Secretary of War for that 
that purpose. (Sec. 14, act Jan. 21, 1903; 32 Stat. L., 777; G. O. 7, 
A. G. O., 1903.) 

The division commander will have immediate charge of these in- 
spections within the limits of his division; and to assist in this duty 
all officers of the Army, active and retired, on duty with the Organized 
Militia within the limits of his division will report to him and will 
send through him their reports of inspections under section 14 of the 
act of January 21, 1903. (A. R., 192.) 

Note.— Under the operations of G. O. 23, A. G. O., 1892, the duties 
of preparing instructions for the officers detailed to visit the encamp- 
ments and witness the movements and exercises of the militia, and 
of digesting, arranging, and preserving their reports, were transferred 
from the office of Inspector General to the Adjutant General's Office. 
These duties now devolve on the Division of Militia Affairs, Office 
of the Chief of Staff. 

12909°— 12 2 



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54. Inspections by chiefn of n(jiiads. (A. R., 288.) 

55. Daily, by company, band, and detachment commander.'^. 
(A. R.. 283.) 

56. Weekly, by company, band, and detachment commanders, 
(A. R., 283); by battery commander. Coast Artillery Corps, (D. R. 
C. A.,318.) 

Note. — For inspection of the condition of an organization and its 
equipment by its commander, the latter may prescribe the uniform 
and equipment. (U. R., 35.) 

57. Monthly, by regimental commander. (A. R., 245.) 

58. Monthly, by po.«t commander. (A. R., 203, 14.55.) 

59. The j)Ost commander and surgeon will make frequent visits 
during the month to tlio hospital, guar(l]i(ui.«o, me.«s hall, me.'is rooms, 
and other buildings and rooms used by enlisted men. When the 
post commander is a general officer these visits may be delegated to 
regimental or detached battalion commanders. (A. R., 203, 204.) 

60. Annual inspection of all public buildings by the commanding 
officer and quartermaster. (A. R., 1028.) 

61. By the quartermaster, of buildings about to be occupied, 
allotted, or vacated. (A. R., 1026.) 

62. By the commander of a coast artillery district. (D. R. C. A., 
585; G. b. (52, W. D., 1908, amended by G. O. 184, W. D., 1908.) 
By district artillery engineer. (D. R. C. A., 591; G. O. 62, W. D., 
1908, Par. lY, sec. 8, 45.) By artillery district ordnance officer. 
(D. R. C. A., 597; G. O. 62, W. D., 1908, Par. IV, sec. 19, 45.) 

63. By district engineer officers. (G. O. 62, W. D., 1908, Par. 

IV, 860.42.) 

64. Of armament by officers of the Ordnance Department and 
Signal Corps. (A . R., 1561; G. O., 62, W. D., 1908, sec. 44, amended 
by G. O., 50, W. I)., ]911.) 

65. Annual inspection and test of the entire Signal Corps equip- 
ment of each coast fortification. (G. 0. 146, W. D., 1911; D. R. C. A., 
606, 734.) 

66. The department commander will inspect the troops under his 
command at leastonce each year. When making a tour of inspection, 
he will make a protracted sojourn at posts visited by him, and thus 
assure himself of the state of efficiency of the personnel of each post, 
and determine the proper corrective measures to improve the effi- 
ciency when it is found below a proper standard. (A. R. 192.) See 
par. 899, post. 

67. The division commander will inspect the troops umler his 
command at least once each jear, and will assure himself by i>ersonal 



INSPECTION OF A GARRISONED POST. 19 

examination and observation that all officers and men under his 
control are efficient in the performance of duty; that the troops are 
thoroughly drilled and instructed in their field duties and tactical 
exercises; that supplies are properly distributed; that proper care is 
exercised in the purchase and preservation of public property; and 
that strict economy is exercised in all public expenditures. (A. R., 
191.) 

68. Inspections by, or under dii'ection of, divi.sion commander to 
be made at arsenals, depots of the supply departments, general hos- 
pitals, general recruiting depots, the Ignited States military prison, 
or any branch thereof, or other place, with the exception of the 
United States Military Academy, at which officers and enlisted men 
are on duty within the limits of the division; scope of such inspec- 
tions; reports, etc. (A. R. 189, amended by G. 0. 99, W. D., 1911.) 

69. All supplies furnished under contract or otherwise will be 
subjected, whenever practicable, to the personal inspection of a 
commissioned officer at the time of delivery; otherwise such inspec- 
tions will be made by civilian inspectors under his personal super- 
vision, subject to test and verification at irregular intervals and at 
unexpected times by such officer. (G. O. 167, W. D., 1905.) 

The Secretary of War has decided that all drugs and food for the 
Army, whether purchased in the United States proper or in the out- 
lying possessions, shall conform to the standard required by law. 
(Indorsement, A. G. O., Mar. 18, 1908; 12346, O. 1. G.) 

70. Of fresh beef and beef cattle. (W. D. G. O. 27, 1904; 28, 1906; 
M. S. D., 150, ]51, 152, 158, 331 (1), 333.) 

71. Of beef cattle and beef, by veterinarians. (G. O. 28, W. D., 
1906; M. S. D., 151, 152, 157, 158, 160.) 

72. Of mobile artillery materiel by the Ordnance Department, 
with a view to repair and alteration, etc. (G. O. 9, 116, 168, 
W. D., 1911.) 

73. By the Ordnance Department, of field artillery materiel issued 
to the organized militia. (G. O. 225, W. D., 1910, G. O. 116, \\. D., 
1911.) 

74. Of raw material used by manufacturers in furnishing fini^^lied 
products. (G. O. 167, W. D.. 1905.) 

IVSPECTION OF A IJARKISOXED POST. 

75. Suggested order of inspection of a post: 

Show order for inspection to commanding officer. (Par. 19, anti'.) 

Re(]uest detail of an orderly and of an officer to witness destruction 

of ]>r()perty (par. 275, post), and of clerk if desired, (Par. 29, unii'..) 



20 INSPECTION OF A GARRISONED POST. 

Distribute (through commaiuiinf>; othcerj blank forms for return 
of trooi).s, statistics, etc., to adjutant, quartermaster, commisiJary, 
Biirgeon, signal ofiicer (or artillery engineer), and company com- 
manders. 

Send letters to officers named in A. R., 914 (par. 83, post), calling 
upon them for WTitten reports, by name, of any officer under their 
immediate command who is incapacitated for service. 

Request preparation of inventories and inspection reports of 
unserviceable property. 

Attention invited to "Directions" on the blank forms. 

When a survey is required. (Pars. 257, 2G2, 2(i3, post.) 

Public animals. (Par. 280, post.) 

Public buildings. (Par. 286, post.) 

Typewriting machines, quartermaster's property. (Pars. 260, 305, 

J)OSt.) 

Subsistence supplies. (Par. 307, post.) 

Surgical instruments, etc. (Pars. 260, 310, post.) 

Cannon and their carriages, machine and automatic guns with 
their carriages and mounts and cannon ammunition. (Pars. 260, 325, 
po.it.) 

Electrical and mechanical installations and appliances furnished 
to the Coast Artillery Corps by the Engineer or Signal department 
and forming part of the permanent seacoast defenses. (Pars. 260, 
315, 342, post.) 

Telescopes, field glasses, and expensive electrical Signal Corps 
apparatus. (Pars. 260, 343, post.) 

Inspect money accounts of disbursing officers. (Par. 136, 142, 
post.) 

Commanding officer. 

Adjutant. Post and regimental records. (See pars. 97, 98, post.) 

Guardhouse. Post prison, iiarracks and quarters, stables, etc. 

Quartermaster's Department: Business methods of quartermaster. 
(Par. 31, ante.) Storehouses, reservation, water supply, cemetery 
transportation, electric-light plant, stable and corral, ice plant, sewage 
and garbage, veterinarian, office, laundry, target range. 

Subsistence Department. 

Hospital. Dental surgeon . Nurses. 

Post e.xchange: Store, restaurant, reading and recreation rooms, 
barber shop, laundry, tailor shop, and shoe repair shop. (Par. 10, 
G. O. 176, W. D., 1909, amended by G. O. 113, W. 1)., 1910.) 

Signal Department: Post and range telephone systems. 

Ordnance Department. 



INSPECTION OF A GARRISONED POST. 21 

Machine-gun detachment. 

Companies: Administration, records, etc. 

Bakery. 

Garden. 

Schools, library, chapel, chaplain. 

Gymnasium, athletics. 

Engineer officer. 

Inspect unserviceable property. 

Collect reports from officers. 

Make any investigations necessary under A. R., 914. (See par. 
83, post.) 

Furnish commanding officer list of irregularities and deficiencies. 
(Par. 124, post.) 

Exercises. — Ceremonies and drills prescribed in the drill regulations 
of the various arms., first aid, signaling, a problem, fire drill, call to 
arms, etc. 

Artillery inspection of Coast Artillery post. — See D. R. C. A., 621- 
628. 

76. Inspections of troops will be conducted as prescribed in the 
authorized drill regulations, ^^^len the command consists of more 
than one company the inspection will, if practicable, be preceded 
by a review. (A. R., 911.) 

77. In the case of inspections by a superior commander, or by a 
staff officer deputed to perform that duty, such officer may prescribe 
any regulation uniform and equipment according to the special object 
which he has in view. (U. R., 35.) 

78. Subjects which inspections of garrisoned posts should embrace. 
(A. R., 913.) 

79. Special attention should be paid by inspectors to the extent 
and thoroughness of the instruction of troops, especially for field 
service. To this end such practical tests as are possible should be 
made in regard to the subjects prescribed in the various regulations 
and other authorized books. The efficiency of the mobile troops 
should be thoroughly tested under the requirements of orders pro- 
mulgating schemes of instruction. The problems or exercises for 
these tests should be adapted to the strength of the command, so 
that officers will, as far as possible, perform the duties which pertain 
to their rank, and an opportunity be thus afforded to observe their 
capacity to perform the duties that would devolve upon them in 
actual field service. These tests should include the preparation of 
field orders, reports, sketching, etc. 



22 INSPECTION OF A GARRISONED POST. 

The extent of the iii.struction of noncommiHtfioned officers and 
soldiers, especially in scouting, i)atrollinf2:, etc., should also be 
observed. At posts where there is sufficient wagon transportation 
to form a train, and where there are pack animals, jiractical tests of 
the instruction of these should be made. 

A list of the authorized schools is given in paragraph 877 (post), 
and the value of the training and instruction at these school.-;, as 
shown by the work of the graduates, should be observed as oppor- 
tunities offer. At a number of posts there should be found bakers, 
cooks, farriers, blacksmiths, and saddlers who have been trained at 
the Army schools. 

Machine-gun platoons, the use of range finders by officers, and their 
ability to accurately estimate distances are other matters that should 
be inquired into. And, in general, it is desired that practical testa 
shall, as far as possible, be made to determine the result of the theo- 
retical and practical instruction prescribed for the Army. These are 
all matters which affect the efficiency of the command. 

80. "The Secretary of War directs that the attention of infantry 
officers of your command be called to the purpose and importance of 
this training [use of the bayonet as a fighting weapon and especially 
to the provisions of paragraphs 75-96, Manual of Bayonet Exercise], 
and that future inspections, by whomever made, include a thorough 
demonstration of the bayonet eflicieucy of every company and a full 
report of deficiencies, if any found." (Circular letter, W. D., A. G. 
O., Nov. 10, 1911, to Division Commanders; 14661-A, 0. I. Ci.) 

81. The Secretary of War directs that tho following, which was 
communicated to department commanders by letter October 29, 
1910, be also carried out by the officers of the Inspector General's 
Department at their regular inspections: 

"In these inspections, all mounted officers of infantry regiments 
and of Staff Corps will be required to show proficiency in riding. In 
the inspection of mounted troops, there will be an actual trial of all 
officers and men over jumps of reasonable stiffness, including hurdles, 
ditche.-j, fences, and other obstacles siinulatuig those which would 
ordinarily be met going across coimtry. Inspections will include a 
rigid examination of officers' mounts, and in all cases where private 
mounts do not come up to the required standard you will take the 
necessary action to insure stoppage of pay and forage for the same. 
Officers who are unable to comply with this test and requirement 
will be reported to Tho Adjutant General." (Instructions of the 
Chief of Staff, Dec. 7, 191J; 13505-U, O. I. G.,) 



INSPECTION OF A GARRISONED POST. 23 

82. Inspector will especially inquire into and report by name, 
affirmatively or negatively as the case may be, whether the field 
officers of the command are believed to be physically fit to perform 
all their duties in the field. (G. O. 181, W. D., 1907.) Decided 
that line and staff are included in this requirement. (Secretary 
of War, July 25, 1907; 11804-a, O. I. G.) The words "field officers " 
are held to include all officers below the grade of brigadier general 
and above the grade of captain. (G. O. 198, W. D., 1907.) 

83. Inspector while inspecting a command will call upon post, 
regimental, battalion, and company commanders and post surgeons 
for a report by name of any officer under their immediate command 
who is incapacitated for service either mentally, morally, or physi- 
cally. ^\^len any officer is so reported the inspector will thoroughly 
investigate the case and submit his conclusions therein to the officer 
ordering the inspection. (A. R., 914.) The reports of commanders 
and surgeons will be in writing and signed by the officers making 
them. 

8-1. Inspector will ascertain the number and percentage of deser- 
tions from each organization during the 12 months preceding the 
inspection, and, if abnormal, special inquiry as to the cause therefor 
will be made and the result briefly reported. (A. R., 913, sec. 7.) 

85. Chaplains will not be required to turn out with troops on 
occasions of ceremony, but will be inspected at chapels, school- 
rooms, libraries, or such places as may be designated by commanding 
officers. (A. R.,46.) 

86. Hospital Corps will not be required to attend ceremonies, 
except when directed by the commanding officer, and will ordinarily 
be inspected and mustered at the hospital. (A. R., 1436.) 

87. Chief baker will be inspected and mustered at the post 
bakery. (A. R., 339.) 

88. One cook of a company and such of the regular attendants 
of a general mess as the commanding officer may designate will 
be inspected and mustered in the kitchen or mess hall. Cooks may 
be excused from ordinary post duties and from target practice, but 
the attendants may be excused from the ordinary post duties only. 
(A. R.,333.) 

89. Extra and special duty men will attend as many inspec- 
tions, drills, and other duties as the commanding officer deems 
practicable, unless specifically excused by higher authority. (A. 
R., 174.) 

90. WTien practicable, the ambulance fully equipped for service 
will be presented for inspection with the animals attached. (A. R., 
1455.) 



84 INSPECTION OF A GARRISONED POST. 

J)l. lns])0(tors will, at the annual inspection of posts, examine 
the methods adopted for the care and preservation of the library, 
condemn and destroy such books as may be unserviceable and 
worthless, and note action in their reports of the inspections of 
the posts. (A. R., 347.) See par. 180, post. 

92. Inspectors should personally investigate complaints, especially 
those which may require action of the War Department, such as 
general unfitness of recruits received, inferior quality of supplies, 
etc.; and irregularities and deficiencies, such as failure of the supply 
departments to meet conditions, pitting of guns, etc.; and when such 
matters are of sufficient importance to record them in the inspec- 
tion report, they will state their own views and conclusions. (Note 
3, Form 5, I. G. D.) 

93. Inspectors must give heed to all complaints of either offi- 
cers or enlisted men. If they are well founded and too serious 
to correct by kindly advice they should be presented to the divi- 
sion commander, with a written statement of the accused accom- 
panying the report, upon the return of the inspector to his station. 
(Par. 5, Cir. 22, W. D., 1903; A. R., 196, 198, amended by G. O. 
87, W. D., 1911.) 

Special instructions to inspectors. 

94. To make test check between retained vouchers of the quar- 
termaster and the clothing accounts of the organization, covering 
one or more issues since the preceding inspection. (Cir. letter, 
O. I. G., Dec. 27, 1905; 10558, O. I. G.) 

95. To ascertain whether regulations for care and use of fur 
and blanket-lined canvas overcoats have been complied with. 
(Cir. letter, O. I. G., Mar. 28, 1906; 10712, 0. 1. G.) See A. R., 1184, 
and Q. M. M., 623. 

96. To ascertain and report what telephones of post system 
are installed at places other than those prescribed in G. O. 97, W. D., 
1906, amended by G. O. 170, W. D., 1908. (Cir. letter, O. I. G., 
June 5, 1907; 11697, O. I. G.) 

To take especial notice of condition of all telephones and field 
glas.'^es of the Signal Corps both in use and in storage, with a view 
to the remedying of such deficiencies or bad conditions as may be 
developed. (Cir. letter, O. I. G., July 14, 1904; 9513, O. I. G.) 

97. To note and report at their regular inspections all failures 
to comply with either the letter or the spirit of G. O. 194, W. D., 
1909, relative to morning and guard reports. (P. 6, G. O 194, 
W. D., 1909.) 



INSPECTION OF A GARRISONED POST. 25 

98. To exercise especial care in making their inspections to see 
that the instructions of the War Department relative to the points 
hereinafter mentioned are observed: (1) The avoidance of unneces- 
sary correspondence; (2) the avoidance of reports not prescribed in 
regulations; (3) a strict compliance with the War Department instruc- 
tionsgoverningthe method of transacting public business. (13505-P, 
0. I. G.) 

99. To make particular inquirj'^ that, in accordance with the 
provisions of Circular 20, W. D., 1908, interpreting A. R., 235 of 1904, 
as amended by G. O. 139, W. D., 1907 (A. R., 244 of 1910), bat- 
talion and squadron commanders are not eliminated as channels 
through which correspondence pertaining to the personnel, instruc- 
tion, discipline, and equipment of their commands should pass. 
(13505-F, O. I. G.) See par. 577, post. 

100. In a number of reports of inspections of posts lack of uni- 
formity in equipment or supplies has been reported as a deficiency, 
although all the articles referred to were in serviceable condition 
and had been issued by a supply department of the Army. Lack 
of uniformity is to be regretted, but it is the policy of the War De- 
partment to continue in use, so long as they are serviceable, such 
articles, even though they may have been superseded by similar 
articles of a different pattern or color, and officers should receive 
credit instead of criticism for continuing them in use. (Cir. letter, 
O. I. G., Jan. 31, 1908; 12208, O. I. G.) See G. 0. 129, W. D., 1911. 

101. Field Artillery. — Inspectors will so conduct their inspections 
of field artillery as to ascertain whether the prescribed scheme of 
instruction is properly carried out by regimental, battalion, and 
battery commanders, and by adjutants, and will report all failures 
to comply with the provisions of the order publishing such scheme. 
(Secretary of War, June 24, 1910; 14392, O. I. G.) Latest order: 
G. O. 46, W. D., 1911. 

102. Inspectors are enjoined to test field artillery troops and 
materiel under both normal and unusual conditions. It must be 
remembered that field artillery will be required to follow the 
infantry and that its fire may be required in winter, in rain, and 
at night. (G. O. 46, W. D., 1911, par. 25.) 

103. To inquire into the instruction of field artillery battalions 
as tactical units and to give special attention to this subject in their 
report. (Chief of Staff, May 23, 1905.) 

104. Coast Artillery. — An inspector should require coast artillery 
troops to show proficiency as infantry to the extent ordered in G. O. 



26 INSPECTION OF A GARRISONED POST. 

93, W. D., 1905 (G. O. 229, W. D., 19lOj, and hence should turn 
them out for inspectiou other than at the guns, range, towers, etc. 

Each coast artillery enlisted man of the grades indicated in 
section 1, paragraph 1, G. O. 23, W. D., 1906, will be provided 
with the arms and equipments therein prescribed for such enlisted 
men. They will not be provided with intrenching tools. 

The coast artillery enlisted men turned out for inspection will 
not be provided with either field or surplus kits as such except in 
immediate prei)aratiou for active duty in the field as infantry 
when specifically designated for such duty by orders from the War 
Department. In such case they also draw the intrenching tools 
prescribed in G. O. 23, W. D., 1906. (Secretary of War, June 9, 
1906; 10821, O. I. G.) 

105. Inspectors are enjoined to test coast artillery troops in the 
service of coast defense materiel under both normal and emergency 
conditions. xVll fire and mine commanders and superior command- 
ing officers present at a post on the occasion of an inspection will 
be called on by the inspector to conduct personally a battle, fire, 
or mine command drill. (C. A. M. 11, 1910.) 

106. \Mien the annual inspection of a coast artillery post is made 
during the closed season, and the guns are laid up in heavy slushing 
oil, it is not contemplated that the guns shall be manned and the 
time of loading and serving ammunition taken, but the inspection 
.«hould develop whether or not the guns are properly protected and 
laid up in slushing oil. (Cir. 88, W. D., 1907.) 

107. To see whether the Drill Regulations for Coast Artillery are 
complied with in inserting primers at drill and attaching the lan- 
yard. (10457, O. I. G.) There is no objection to the use of a wooden 
wedge behind the tripping lever to render the lanyard safety device 
operative during drill with the gun in the position from battery. 
It is a harmless expedient to simulate service conditions and admit 
of the training of the persormel in the proper pull of the lanyard. 
(14283-B, O. I, G.) 

108. To inspect emplacement books to see that instructions for 
care and operation of 10-inch Taylor-Ilaymond chain ammmiition 
hoists are entered where such hoists are installed. (Cir. letter, 
O. I. G., Dec. 8, 1904; 9781, O. I. G.) 

109. Inspectors making inspections of coast artillery postti will 
include a thorough inspection of all boats assigned to coast artillery 
service at such posts, and if any lack of care or any uncleanliness in 
connection with such boats is observed, special mention of that 
fact will be made in the report, including the names of the officers 
responsible for such a condition. (G. O. 235, W. D., 1909.) 



INSPECTION OF AN ARSENAL OR DEPOT. 27 

INSPECTION OP AN ARSENAL OR DEPOT. 

110. The inspection of arsenals and depots of the various supply 
departments is of great importance and should be thoroughly and 
carefully made and the conclusions be based as far as possible upon 
the personal observation of the inspector. It is impossible to pre- 
scribe, except in a general way, the manner and extent of the inspec- 
tion. If written questions are submitted for answers of command- 
ing officer they should not be sent until after the inspection has been 
commenced, as it is desirable that these inspections should be made 
under normal conditions. All statistical data obtained should be 
filed and not incorporated in the report unless their use is desired 
as a ba.sis for remark. 

The following subjects are suggested as matters for inquiry and 
investigation : 

(a) Officers. — Names of those who are and have been in charge or 
on duty as assistants during period covered by inspection; capacity 
and manner in which duties are performed; amount of personal 
super\'ision and control exercised by officers over matters under their 
charge; number of officers sufficient or deficient for the duty; any 
disqualified for any reason for service. (See pars. 82, S3, ante.) 

(b) Civilian employees. — List of, with duties and compensation. 
Determine by observation as far as possible if they are efficient 

and competent; that they actually perform the duties for which 
employed, reported, and paid. The actual presence of all employees 
should be verified. In the absence of retained receipt rolls, Form 1, 
Quartermaster's Department, may be used for this purpose; a com- 
parison of this form with the time books in actual use is desirable. 

Any change in number of such employees during period covered 
by inspection. Can any reduction in number be made without 
impairment to the service? 

(r) Enlisted men. — If any enlisted men are on duty at the estab- 
lishment, inquire as to their number, efficiency, and discipline, the 
state of their arms and equipments; sufficiency, uniformity, and 
fit of their clothing; their messing and medical attendance; the 
condition of their barracks and the facilities for bathing; whether 
the work performed by them is such as properly pertains to their 
position in the military service, and the necessity and economy for 
their being on such duty; whether the post exchange (at arsenal) 
is properly conducted. 

Ordnance detachments should be inspected in ranks. Their arms 
and equipments are the same as prescribed for infantry. (See Sec. 
I, par. 1, G. O. 23, W. D., 190G.) 



88 INSPECTION OF AN ARSENAL OR DEPOT. 

(d) Buildings and grounds.— hon&iion and extent of grounds; 
number and capacity of buildings occupied and used and sufficiency 
of same; owned by the United States or rented; if rented, what is 
the rate and is it reasonable; are buildings suitable and properly 
ventilated; any improvement of grounds or repairs to buildings 
since last inspection; any new construction; if so, a list of build- 
ings, material, purpose, and cost should be obtained for incorpora- 
tion in report; any improvements or repairs recommended. 

■\\Tiat protection against fire; what means taken to prevent theft; 
are these precautions satisfactory: if practicable, test fire system 
by unexpected fire alarm; any losses from fire or theft since last 
inspection. 

Water supply: Service; cost. System of sewerage and drainage. 

All buildings owned by the United States should be numbered. 
The grounds occupied should be gone over by the inspector to see 
that no unauthorized buildings have been erected; all buildings 
nhould be inspected and all rooms entered to observe the condition, 
arrangement, and use, and that the buildings are used solely for the 
purpose intended. 

General appearance of the grounds in respect to cleanliness and 
good order. 

To see that stores are systematically arranged, properly piled and 
stored, and that the rooms are neat, clean, and properly ventilated; 
to inquire into the system of lighting and whether any uncovered 
lights are used; whether the storerooms are infested with rats or 
other vermin; if so, means taken to destroy them. 

(f) Business. — Purpose and function of depot or arsenal. 

Articles manufactured: List of principal ones. 

Articles repaired: List of principal ones. 

Articles purchased: List of principal ones. 

Total disbursements during the period covered by inspection; 
same during previous corresponding period. 

Total expenditures for following purposes during period covered 
by inspection and for corresponding previous period: Rents; trans- 
portation; labor; purchases; repairs; new construction; miscellan- 
neous. 

Any unauthorized funds. (A. R., 323.) 

Are all i.ssues made in bulk. 

For what period and for what number of troop'» are supplies kept 
on hand. 

Any sales; if so, to what cla.><9 of ])ersons, and amount realized 
from such during period. 



INSPECTION OF AN AKSENAL OR DEPOT. 29 

Any articles on hand in excess of needs. 

Deficient supply of any articles. 

Any articles on hand of unsatisfactory quality. 

Value of the property condemned during the period coverd by 
the inspection. Amount realized from sale of same. 

Any sales of waste and accumulations tmder A. R., 690. (See 
pars. 1198, 1199, ■post.) 

What is the system of filling requisitions. Is it satisfactory. Is 
there any delay in filling requisitions. 

(/) Means of transportation. — Obtain a list of all kinds, showing 
purposes for which used. Necessity for. Condition. 

{g) Purchases. — Are the regulations (A. R., 524 to 574, inclusive) 
strictly complied with, especially paragraph 549, that proposals will 
be opened and read aloud at the time and place appointed for the 
opening, and each proposal will then and there be numbered and 
entered on an abstract. The failure to comply with any require- 
ments of this paragraph opens the door to irregularities and frauds 
in the award . The inspector should personally examine the methods 
of inspection of supplies delivered under contracts and assure him- 
self that they are made by competent, honest inspectors; that the 
methods actually used are sufficient and that the supplies received 
are in all respects fully up to the requirements of the contract. In 
many cases standard samples are on hand which can be used in com- 
parisons. '^Tiere weights, widths, lengths, color, etc., are stipu- 
lated, they should all be verified. 

Examine the methods of recei\'ing, handling, storing, and shipping 
property, to determine if properly and economically done. 

Carefully examine whether the purchase and distribution of sup- 
plies are made to the best interest of the Government. (Instruc- 
tions, Secretary of War, Apr. 6, 1911; 15008, 0. I. G.; Cir. 5, Q. M. 
G. O., 1911.) 

{h) Manufactures. — If any articles are manufactured, to inquire 
into the supply of the raw materials: Are they purchased as required 
by law; is the method of inspection used such as to insure the deliv- 
ery of materials in the quantities and of the qualities contracted and 
paid for. Is the plant arranged so as to permit of the most eco- 
nomical handling of the articles in process of manufacture; for 
instance, do such articles travel in the same direction from process 
to process. Is there any system of cost keeping to determine the 
cost of the manufacture of each or of any of the articles made. Is 
the system satisfactory. How does the actual cost of some of the 
principal items compare with the published cost at which the articles 
are to be charged to officers and soldiers in case of sale or loss. 



30 REPORTS OF INSPECTIONS. IRREGULARITIES. ETC. 

The inspector .^^hould note whether unamhoiizod articlep, 
especially any intended for private use, are being made, and whether 
or not work of this kind is ever done. If so, the authority for same 
and the manner of reimbursement of the United States. 

REPORTS OF INSPECTIONS, STATEMENTS OF IRREGULARITIE.S AND 
DEFICIENCIES, AND REMEDIAL ACTION REPORTS. 

111. The written reports of inspectors general and acting inspec- 
tors general will set forth a correct return of the troops, the number 
present at and absent from the station, and the absentees from inspec- 
tion, and whether irregularities, etc., reported at last inspection have 
been remedied; after which will follow a statement of the results of 
the inspection, dealing only with defects, deficiencies, irregularities, 
recommendations, and commendations whereof the variou.s items will 
be ])aragraphed and stated se[)arately. These items will be grouped 
under the department within whose s])hcre the responsibility for the 
conditions stated falls, viz: Commanding officer. Quartermaster's 
Department, Corps of Engineers, etc. Brief statement will be made 
of the various drills and exercises held for the inspector and the report 
concluded with an exposition of the conclusions arrived at as to the 
military efficiency, discipline, and instruction of the command. 
(A. R., 912.) 

Note.- For ai)proved "Form for report of an inspection of a garri- 
soned post," with "Directions," and "Form for statement of irregu- 
larities and deficiencies," see appendix. 

112. The object of the inspection of a post is, first, to ascertain the 
military efficiency of the command; and, second, to determine 
whether or not the laws and regulations are complied vnih by the 
(xecutive and administrative departments of the post. 

The efficiency depends upon su])ply and instruction, and weak- 
ness in these respects indicates deficiencies and irregularities. 
Failure to comply with orders and regulations indicates irregularity.. 
It comes \snthin the scope of the duty of an inspector to ascertain the 
practical working of orders and regulations. If, in his opinion, cer- 
tain orders or regulations do not work well, or fit the case for which 
they were intended, it is entirely ^vithin his pro^•ince to state his 
opinion and make recommendation in reference thereto. Compli- 
ance with orders and regulations, or existing law, should in no case 
be reported as an irregularity or a deficiency for which any responsi- 
bility can attach to local authority. If the inspector desires to make 
any remarks in such reference, they should be in the form of a 
recommendation or as a conclusion. The statement of irregularities 



REPORTS OF INSPECTIONS, IRREGULARITIES, ETC. 31 

and deficiencies should not contain the personal opinion of the 
inspector as to the wisdom of a law or regulation. If he desires to 
bring any such subject before higher authority, it should be done in 
a separate paper, in which he should state his conclusions and 
recommendations. 

The inspection of a post refers to a particular duty — a particular 
locality; and a report of such inspection should be confined to facts, 
conclusions, and recommendations with respect to that post only. 
General questions invoKang betterment, etc., in the service should 
be made the siibject of separate report to the commander upon whose 
staff the inspector is serving, with a view to forwarding for considera- 
tion of the War Department, if appealing to the commander as pos- 
sessing merit, etc. Including all sorts of subjects in the report of an 
inspection of a post defeats the object of the inspection, confuses the 
issue, and is apt to militate against prompt action of higher authority. 
(12291, O. I. G.) 

113. Reports of inspections of troops will contain a statement 
of the names of the various drills, from the setting-up exercises to the 
evolutions of the highest organization examined by the inspector. 
A similar statement will recite the tests of the classes in signaling 
and the Hospital Corps in litter-bearer drill and first aid to the 
wounded . 

114. When public buildings are criticised, etc., in an inspec- 
tion report, the designation and number (see A. R., 1035), should be 
given, as Barracks Nos. 5, 6; Officers' Quarters Nos. 7, 8; Granary 
No. 9, etc. (Cir. letters, O. I. G., Jan. 26, 1894, and Oct. 17, 1910; 
52- A, 2, and 13505-M, O. I. G.) 

115. It is desired that inspectors mention in their reports, by 
name, officers who are deserving of commendation for the superior 
condition of their commands. (Cir. letter, 0. I. G., Sept. 11, 1905; 
10334-A, 1, 0. I. G.) 

116. When an irregularity or a deficiency, based on a regulation 
or an order, is reported, the specific regulation or order will be cited 
in the report of the inspection and in the statement of irregularities 
and deficiencies furnished the commanding officer. (12519, O. I. G.) 

117. In the inspection of a recruiting station, the inquiries and 
examinations by the inspector should be complete and searching; 
but so far as the conditions are found to be satisfactory a single gen- 
eral statement to that effect mil suffice for the report. The state- 
ment of the results of the inspection should deal only with defects, 
deficiencies, irregularities, recommendations, and commendations. 
(A. R., 912.) So far as practicable the conclusions of the inspector 



32 REPORTS OF INSPECTIONS, IRREGULARITIES, ETC. 

should be based on his own observation rather than f)n the recruiting 
officer's replies to questions. To set forth statistics, descriptions, 
and other information, which are already of record in The Adjutant 
General's Office, is superfluous. (Cir. letter, O. I. G., Mar. 15, 1907; 
10401, O. I. G.) See par. 1406, post. 

118. Reports of prescribed inspections of troops, stations, and 
accounts of disbursing officers under the authority of di\'ision com- 
manders will be forwarded, through military channels, to The Adju- 
tant General of the Army and transmitted to the Inspector General 
of the Army. In case irregularities, deficiencies, or misconduct are 
reported, a commander in forwarding a report will state what reme- 
dies he has applied or will apply to correct them, adding any recom- 
mendations that he may desire to make. AH other reports of inspec- 
tions will be forwarded directly to the Inspector General of the Army, 
except when otherwise specially directed, and all inspection reports 
not confidential will be filed in his office. The Inspector General 
will submit to the Chief of Staff all reports that contain matters 
requiring correction. (A. R., 909; 10455-A, O. I. G.) See i)ar. 119, 
post. 

119. The provisions of A. R., 902, 1904. as amended by G. O. 88, 
War Department, 1908 (continued as A. R., 909, 1910), contem- 
plate that reports of inspections of arsenals, depots, general hos- 
pitals, recruiting stations, national cemeteries, money accounts 
of disbursing officers, etc., not under supervision of division com- 
manders, shall be addressed and forwarded directly to the Inspector 
General of the Army. (Cir. letter, 0. I. G., July 10, 1908; 12262-A, 

0. I. G.) 

120. As ungarrisoned posts are under the division commander for 
inspection (A. R., 905) they are not among the inspections provided 
for in A. R., 910, and the reports of their inspection should be 
addressed to the adjutant general of the division. (12262-B, O. 

1. G.) 

121. Copies or extracts from an inspection report reflecting upon 
or commending the character or efficiency of an officer may be 
furnished him by the commander to whom the report is submitted. 
(A. R., 900.) 

122. The Inspector General of the Army will forward to the 
Secretary of War extracts of all inspection reports containing spe- 
cially favorable or unfavorable mention of any officer. Extracts 
respecting officers of the line and chaplains ^\'ill be sent through 
The Adjutant General of the Army, and those respecting officers 
of the staff corps or departments through the respective chiefs of 



REPORTS OF INSPECTIONS, IRREGULARITIES, ETC. 33 

bureaus. Copies of unfavorable reports will be sent by chiefs of 
bureaus to officers reported upon, for their remarks, and these, when 
received, will be filed with the original extracts. (A. R., 848.) 

123. The furnishing by inspectors of commendatory extracts 
from their in.spection reports has not the sanction of custom or 
regulations. It is reserved for the commander to whom the report 
is submitted (or for higher authority) to determine whether such 
commendatory extracts shall be furnished. (9799-C, O. I. G.) 

124-. On completion of an inspection of a post or other com- 
mand of troops, the inspector general or acting inspector general 
will furnish its commanding officer a written statement of all irregu- 
larities and deficiencies observed, which will be kept on file for 
the information of commanding officers and inspectors. The com- 
manding officer will, as soon as practicable, submit to the next higher 
commander a copy of this statement, with a report showing what 
remedies he has applied or will apply to correct each of the irregu- 
larities or defects found, and will recommend the proper action with 
regard to tho.-e that he has not power or authority to remedy. These 
reports and statements will be promptly forwarded through military 
channels to The Adjutant General of the Army, by whom they will 
be tmnsmitted to the Inspector General. At arsenals, depots, and 
stations not under the supervision of division or department com- 
manders, inspectors will furnish like statements, and commanding 
officers will forward copies thereof with their reports to The Adjutant 
General for file with the inspection reports to which they pertain 
(A. R., 915.) 

125. When an inspector furnishes the commanding officer of a 
post, arsenal, recruiting station, etc., or a transport quartermaster, 
with a list of irregularities, defects, or deficiencies, under A. R., 
915, his report of inspection will conclude with a statement to 
the effect that such list has been furnished. 

126. Trivial matters verbally called to attention of officers con- 
cerned and corrected on the spot should not be included either in 
the report or list of irregularities, but all defects, deficiencies, and 
irregularities of sufficient importance to be recorded in the report 
should also be included in the list furnished the commanding officer 
under A. R., 915. 

127. Recommendations of inspectors on matters where initia- 
tive remedial action is within the province of the commanding 
officer (as, for example, "It is recommended that a crematory be 
constructed at this post for burning garbage") should be included 
in the list of defects, etc., furnished the commanding officer, aa 

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34 INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 

well a-J ill the report. (Directions 9, Form for Report of uii Inspec- 
tion of a Garrisoned Post.) 

128. The report of remedial action reqnired by A. R., 908, 
1904 (A. R. 915, 1910), will be over the commandinir officer's 
own signature, and the action taken or recommended will be 
given separately for each item (numbered paragraph) on the list 
of irregularities and deficiencies. The commanding officer may, 
if neces.«ary, obtixin his information from responsilde subordinates, 
but their rcport.s should be filed in his office. (Cir. 14, W. D., 1906.) 

129. Reports of remedial action under A. R., 908, 1904 {^X. R. 
915, 1910), from the commanding officers of coast artillery posts will 
be forwarded through the artillery district commanders. (Chief of 
Staff, Mar. 8, 190G; 10665, O. I. G.) 

130. In order that it may be definitel}' known at the office of 
the Inspector General of the Army whether reports of inspections, 
investigations, etc., which have been acted upon by the War De})art- 
ment and returned to the division commander to note, etc., have 
been seen by the division inspector general, the latter will place hie 
initials and the date below the last indorsement on such reports 
seen by him, unless he has occasion to use a formal indorsement. 
(13188, O. I. G.) 

INSI'ECTIO.V OF .MONEY ACCOUNTS. 

131. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of ^^"ar to cause fre- 
quent inquiries to be made as to the necessity, economy, and pro- 
priety of all disbursements made by disbursing officers of the Army, 
and as to their strict conformity to the law appropriating the money; 
also to ascertain whether the disbursing officers of the Army comply 
with the "law in keeping their accounts and making their deposits; 
such inquiries fo be made by officers of the Inspection Department 
of the Army, or others detailed for that purpose: Provided, That 
no officer so detailed shall be in any way connected with the deiiart- 
ment or corps making the disbursement. Reports of such inspec- 
tions shall be made out and forwarded to Congress with the annual 
report of the Secretary of War. (Act of Apr. 20, 1874; 18 Stat. I,., 33.) 

132. The concrete question is whether the act of April 20, 1874, 
applies to this commercial business (over the Alaskan cables and 
telegraph lines); and the answer seems to be that generally it does, 
but in some cases it docs not. As the opinion of the Judge Advocate 
General shows that in all cases it is within the competence of the 
Secretary of War to order the inspection of all these accounts, and 
as no purpose would be subserved even if it were practicable (o 



INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 35 

distinguish between those transactions involving line receipts and 
those not, it is advised that all the accounts pertaining to the com- 
mercial business over the Alaskan cables and telegraph lines be 
subjected to the inspection of the officers on the Inspector General's 
Department. (Memo, of the Chief of Staff, approved by the Secre- 
tary of War, Jan. 30, 1909; 12809, O. I. G.) 

133. The accounts for disbursement of the funds pertaining to 
the International Commission of the Congresses of Navigation, the 
California Debris Commission, and the Board of Road Commis- 
sioners for Alaska, so far as these funds of this board are appropriated 
by Congress and disbursed by officers of the Army, fall within the 
provision of the act of April 20, 1874, and should be inspected by the 
Inspector General's Department, as contemplated by that act. 
(Memo. 01 the Chief of Staff, approved by the Secretary of War, June 
30, 1908; 12468, O. I. G.) 

134. Inspection of disbursements and money accounts of dis- 
bursing officers required by act of April 20, 1874, will be made by 
officers of the Inspector General's Department or by others detailed 
for that purpose, and, as far as practicable, at irregular intervals, 
but no officer so detailed shall be in any way connected with the 
corps or staff department making the disbursement. The fre- 
quency of these inspections will be regulated by the Secretary of 
War. (A. R., 908.) 

135. The Inspector General of the Army will keep the inspectors 
general of the several military divisions informed, through the 
proper channels, of such inspections of accounts of disbursing offi- 
(;ers and of places not under the immediate command of the division 
commander as the Secretary of War desires shall be made by them. 
Division commanders in issuing orders for inspections involving 
travel will consider the most advantageous and economical plan. 
(A. R., 910.) 

136. Inspectors will inquire as to the necessity, economy, and 
propriety of all disbursements, their strict conformity to the law 
appropriating the money, and whether the disbursing officers comply 
with the law in keeping their accounts and making their deposits. 
(A. R., 916.) 

137. Inspectors should investigate all infractions of the rules 
and regulations for conducting the business, keeping the records, 
and drawing checks; all disbursements, the necessity, economy, 
propriety, or legality of which are not clearly shown; or any irregu- 
larity whatever that may be developed by his ' 'inquiry," and will 
note the result under the head of ' 'Remarks' ' on the inspection report. 
(Note on Form 3, I. G. D.) 



36 INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 

138. In inspect iu<^ paymasters' accounts in.spe( tors will examine 
v^ouchers to see if they are properly filled out and l)riefed, that check 
books are kept in strict compliance with paragraph 75, Manual Pay 
Department, 1910, and that cashbooks are correctly kept, credita 
and debits for each day being properly posted. (9123, O. I. G.) 

139. Inspectors should ascertain the number of check books in 
the possession of disbursing officers at time of inspection and should 
open and examine safes not in use to see if they contain any checks, 
check books, or money. (13210, O. I. G.) 

140. Inspectors should a.scertain whether A. R., 571 (see par. G(>5, 
post) has been complied with. 

141. On the arrival of inspectors at po.sts the money account- 
ability of all disbursing officers, such as quartermasters, commis- 
saries, and post treasurers, shoidd be inspected first. If cash is 
carried its verification should jirecede the inspection. (Par. G, 
Cir. 22, W. D., 1903.) 

Method of inspection. 

142. The following are the general instructions for making in,spec- 
tions of money accounts: 

(a) The inspector will obtain from the inspector general of the 
division or department the lists of the disbursing officer's outstanding 
checks at date of last inspection and the l>alance of funds for which 
he was accountable at that date, showing the amount in each deposi- 
tary and the cash on hand; also the form No. 28, I. G. D., used by 
the last inspector. 

(h^ lie will require from (he disbursing officer a statement of his 
money accounts since date of last inspection and the distribution of 
his funds at date of present inspection on "Form 3," I. G. D., 
with a list of his outstanding checks on "Form 3a, " I. G. D. (a sepa- 
rate list for each depositary) to include the last check embraced in 
the current inspection. The statement of his money accounts and 
each list of checks outstanding must be signed by the disbursing 
officer. 

(r) The distribution of funds at date of inspection will be verified 
as follows: 

The cash reported on hand will be counted. This should be done 
at the beginning of the inspection. (See par. 141, ante.) 

The number of the last check drawn included in the current 
inspection will be verified from the proper check book. 

Amounts claimed as on deposit in the several dej)ositaries will be 
verified as to date and amount from their statement.s made to the 
di.sbursing officer. 



INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 37 

For amounts claimed as deposited since last statement, the dis- 
bursing officer should have receipts from the depositary notifiying 
him of the credit. 

Credit can not be claimed for funds in transit except for cash or 
checks en route from the disbursing officer to the depositary for his 
credit. 

The list of checks now outstanding should be compared with the 
previous list, and all checks borne on that list as still outstanding 
may be checked as correct, and all checks not so marked should then 
be verified by their stubs as to date, number, and amount. The 
list of outstanding checks, after having been footed and amount 
compared with that entered on the statement, will be forwarded 
immediately to the depositary as required by the instructions 
printed on the form. 

(d) Check stubs should be compared with the depositary state- 
ments of paid checks. All checks drawn must be accounted for as 
either paid, outstanding, or canceled. Blank checks transferred to 
another officer must be accounted for by his receipt. 

(e) An examination should be made of the paid vouchers that 
have not been forwarded to the chief of bureau and comparison made 
with the check stubs and with the entries in the cash book to see that 
they agree. Nothing in these instructions shall be construed as 
limiting the inspector's scrutiny of all disbursements, inquiring into 
the propriety of the expenditures, and verifying the correctness of 
the transactions. 

(/) Checks for currency should be represented by cash vouchers. 
The excess of all cash received from checks or otherwise over the 
amount expended per vouchers, transferred to other officers or 
deposited to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States should 
be accounted for as replaced in a depositary or as cash on hand. 

(g) The check stubs should be examined to ascertain if they are 
properly filled and required notations made. 

(h) The cashbook must show all receipts from whatever source 
and that the disbursements, as well as the receipts, are entered in 
chronological order and under the proper appropriations. (R. S., 
3643.) 

(i) The total of the amounts disbursed, transferred, deposited to 
the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, and such other 
items as may be admitted as expenditures, for the period covered 
by the inspection, deducted from the total of receipts from all sources 
as shown by the cash book and the balance on hand at last inspection, 
will show the amount for which the officer is now accountable, and 



38 INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 

it sh mi Id agree with the amoiinl whown tu \>v mi hand l)y the t*ta1»'- 
meut of the distribution of funds. 

(,)) To the total amount of checks paid as shown by the bank 
Btatenients received since last inspection, add the amount of checks 
reported as now outstanding, and from thoir sum dechu-t the amount 
of checks reported as outstanding at last inspection, and the re- 
mainder will be the total amount of checks drawn since last inspec- 
tion. 

(/.:) When the list of checks outstanding is received back from the 
depositary it will be verified as follows: 

The officer's balance, as reported by the depositary, should equal 
the sum of the balance reported by the officer (Form 3i, plus the 
amount of checks not marked "Paid," plus any credits rejHirted by 
the depositary not claimed on the officer's statement, minus any 
checks paid not listed. 

(I) In the Statement of the Money Accountability, on Form 3, 
I. G. D., errors frequently arise from misunderstanding of what i& 
meant by the expression "Cash from checks issued " and its counter- 
part, "Checks issued for cash." The latter expression includes all 
checks drawn by the disbursing officer in favor of himself under 
A. R., 610, and the amoiuits of all such checks must be embraced 
in the entries in the lower half of the statement, under the deposi- 
tary or depositaries on which drawn. "Cash from checks issued" 
is the total of all checks drawn by the disbursing officer in favor of 
himself under A. R., 610, during the period covered by the inspec- 
tion, and this total should be entered in the debit or upper half of 
the Statement of Money Accountability in the "Cash" column on 
the line of "Cash from checks L-sued." This last-mentioned total 
should equal the sum of the amounts entered on the credit or lowef 
half of the statement under the depositary headings on the line of 
"Checks issued for cash." 

(m) ^^'hen cash is deposited to the credit of the Treasurer of the 
United States, it should appear in the "Cash" column on the line 
"Deposited to credit of Treasurer U. S.," on Form 3, and not on the 
line "Cash deposited." 

(n) At each inspection of money accounts the inspecting officer 
should note in each check book, on the back of the stub of the last 
check issued, the number of the last check included iu the inspec- 
tion, the balance on deposit in that depositary subject to check, and 
the total amount of chocks outstanding on that depositary; also the 
amount of cash on hand, if any. 

(o) Jn case of oflicers of the Quartermaster's, Subsistence, and Pay 
Departments note that the date of bond reported shows that it has 



INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 39 

been approved within fonr years and since date of present commis- 
sion. (See par. 204, post.) 

(p) Conventional signs used by inspectors on the stubs of checks: 
O means outstanding (at date of inspection). 
\/ means paid (as reported by depositary). 
X means canceled check (verified). 
— means saw voucher. 
It is desirable that inspectors have a imiform method of marking 
stubs. Colored pencils (blue or green) will distinguish the inspector's 
marks from those of the disbursing officer. 

Checks. 

143. A disbvirsing officer may draw his check in favor of himself 
(1) to make payments of amounts not exceeding $20; (2) to make 
payments at a distance from a depositary; or (3) to make payments 
of fixed salaries due at a certain period. In the first and last named 
cases the check will be drawn not more than two days before the 
payments become due. In all other cases the checks will be drawn 
only in favor of the persons, firms, or corporations, by name, to 
whom the payments are to be made. (A. R., 610; 15 Comp. Dec, 
604.) 

144. A disbursing officer is not authorized to draw a single check 
in favor of superintendent for payment of salaries to other employees, 
nor to draw it to his own order indorsed to his chief clerk for such 
payments. (Cir. 26, W. D., 1906.) 

145. On the face of each check that he draws a disbursing officer 
will state his address, the object of the expenditure, the number or 
other necessary description of the voucher, and, in case of payment 
to an officer, enlisted man, or civilian employee, the period for 
which the payment is made. (A. R., 611.) 

146. Disbursing officers shall identify their official checks with 
the vouchers upon which they are issued in payment by noting on 
each check the number or other necessary description of the voucher. 
(Treasury Dept. Cir. No. 52, 1907, par. 4.) 

147. Officers serving in and disbursing funds pertaining to more 
than one staff department, and officers assigned to duty in any of 
the staff departments, will, in issuing checks, confine the designation 
of their official capacity to their rank and the particular staff depart- 
ment on account of which the checks are drawn. (A. R., 612.) 

148. Checks for deposit of army paymasters' collections and 
soldiers' deposits will be dated on the last day of the month in 



40 INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 

which the collections are made or depof^ils received or when an 
account is closed. If the paymaster is unable to deposit checks 
on that date he will do so at the earliest practicable date. 
(M. P. D.,77.) 

149. Should any officer make an era.'^ure or alteration of any 
of his checks, however slij^ht, he will certify to the correctness of 
such erasure or alteration on the upper margin of such check. 
(A. R., 620.) 

150. The signing of a check for public,' money in blank is pro- 
hibited. (A. R., 648.) 

151. Rubber stamps or the typewriter will not be u.<ed to insert 
the date, payee's name, or the amount of the check issued in pay- 
ment of a public creditor, and all United States disbursiu',' officers 
are instructed to use pen and ink for this purpose. (A. R., 611; 
G. O. 12 and 22, A. G. O., 1900.) 

152. Mutilated or spoiled official checks upon the I'nited States 
Treasurer or assistant treasurer will be forwarded promptly to the 
office to which they pertain, but mutilated or spoiled checks upon 
a national bank depositary will be forwarded promptly, for preser\a- 
tion and future reference, to the chief of bureau by whom issued, who 
will acknowledge the receipt of such checks. In either case a 
record of the dates of both concellation and transmission will be 
entered on the stub. (A. R., 621.) 

153. The data on the check stub will be the same as on the check 
to which it relates. (A. R., 611, 1340.) If check stubs are accom- 
panied by information as to name of depositary and name and 
address of disbursing officer it is not necessary to repeat these names 
and address on each stub. (Secretary of War. July 23, 1910; 5795- 
CP, O. I. G.) 

On comparison of the depositary statements with the stub books, 
the stubs of paymasters' jxiid checks will be marked with the date 
of the depositary statement upon which payment is reported. 
(M. P. D., 75, sec. 5.) 

154. In making payments only official checks will be used. 
(A. R., 619.) 

155. Checks outstanding for a longer period than three full 
fiscal years must be reported to the Secretary of the Treasury by 
the disbursing officer upon receipt of the statement of his disbursing 
account for the month of June of each year from the office or btmk 
in which his funds are kept. (A. R., 616.) 

156. <'hecks outstanding for a longer period than three full fiscal 
years, procedure necessary for payment. i^A. R., 618; R. S., 308.) 



INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 41 

157. Procedure when an original check is lost, stolen, or de- 
stroyed. (R. S., 3646, 3647, amended by act Feb. 23, 1909, 35 
Stat. L., 643; G. O. 56, W. D., 1909; A. R., 613.) 

Check books and unused checks. 

158. Official check books are issued by the Treasurer and assistant 
treasurers of the United States direct to disbursing officers who have 
public money on deposit with them. Those on national bank 
depositaries are furnished by chiefs of bureaus. Rules for issue, 
transfer, etc., accompany each book. (A. R., 619, 620.) 

159. Check books will be kept under lock and key when not in 
use, and the serial numbers of the unused checks will be frequently 
examined to see that no check in the series is missing. (G. 0. 110, 
A. G. O., 1901; M. S. D., 104; M. P. D., 74; S. C. M., No. 7, par. 247.) 
See par. 139, ante. 

160. An officer who for the convenience of any disbursing officer 
detaches any blank checks and stubs from the check book on the 
Treasurer or any assistant treasurer in his possession will take the 
receipt of such disbursing officer in duplicate for such checks by 
serial numbers and transmit one copy of the same in the manner 
directed in paragraph 2, G. O. 110, A. G. O., 1901. (G. O. 110, 
A. G. O., 1901, par. 3.) 

161. Under no circumstances will unused check books or blank 
checks taken from check books on the Treasurer or an assistant 
treasurer be kept for an unreasonable time in the possession of any 
disbursing officer of the War Department. (G. O. 110, A. G. O., 
1901.) 

162. An officer relieved from duty as a disbursing officer and 
having a check book on the Treasurer or an assistant treasurer in 
his possession will cut from the book the stubs used by him (to be 
filed with his retained papers), and will transfer the unused checks 
and stubs to his successor, taking a receipt therefor in duplicate, 
which shall describe the unused checks by their serial numbers, 
one copy of which will be transmitted by the officer relieved to the 
Treasurer or to the assistant treasurer by whom the check book was 
originally issued. Before transferring any check book the trans- 
ferring ofiicer will first examine the unused checks to see that there 
is no break in the serial numbers showing that checks are missing. 
(G. O. 110, A. G. O., 1901.) (See Treasury Department instructions 
of Mar. 18, 1910, pasted on inside of cover of each check book.) 

163. Check books of paymasters will be kept in condition for 
inspection by an inspector general, chief paymaster, or other author- 
ized in.spector at any moment. (M. P. D., 75.) 



4S INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 

Certijkales of deposit . 

164. Regulations governing. (A. R., 622-627; Cir. 9, W. D., 

1906.) 

Proceeds of sales. 

165. Regulations governing. (A. R., 628-630, ill 1, 1542, 1543. j 

166. That from tiie proceeds of saKw of old material, condemned 
stores:, supplies, or other public property of any kind, before being 
deposited into the Treasury, either as miscellaneous receipts on 
account of "proceeds of Government proi)erty" or to the credit of 
the appropriations to which such proceeds are by law authorized 
to be made, there may be paid the expenses of such sales, as approved 
by the accounting officers of the Treasury, so as to require only the 
net proceeds of such sales to be deposited into the Treasury, either 
as miscellaneous receipts or to the credit of such appropriations, as 
the case may be. (Act June 8, 1896, 29 Stat. L., 268; Cir. 27, W. D., 
1906.) 

167. The act of June 8, 1896 [see preceding paragraph], authorizing 
the payment of expenses, "as approved by the accounting officers of 
the Treasury," incurred in the sale of old material, etc., from the 
gross proceeds thereof, and the payment into the Treasury of the net 
proceeds only, does not require that such expenses shall be so 
approved before payment, but simply that an itemized account 
thereof shall be rendered to the accounting officers for settlement 
as any other item of expenditiu-e of Government funds. (Ill Comp., 
149.) 

168. Decision of the Comptroller of the Treasury in regard to 
disbursing officers depositing proceeds of sales with a. Government 
depositary to th(Mr official credit, pending payment of expenses of 
sales; retention beyond 30 days of so much thereof as may be neces- 
sary for payment of expenses of sales, etc. (Cir. 27, W. D., 1906.) 

169. When a disbui-sing officer of the Army receives any moneys 
of the United States as the proceeds of sales, as miscellaneous receipts, 
or funds of like character, not available for disbui-semont, he will 
deposit, without delay, such funds to his official credit with an 
authorized depositary. At the close of the month in which such 
funds are received the total will be made the subject of one check 
issued by him in favor of the Treasurer of the I nited States. (A. R., 
626.) 

170. Congress is vested by the Constitution with the exclusive 
power of disposition of the personal as well as the real property of the 
United States; and by section 3618, Revi.sed Statutes, Congress has 



INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 43 

provided generally that the proceeds of sales of personal property of 
the United States shall be paid into the Treasury as "miscellaneous 
receipts." //eZc? therefore that the various funds received at military 
posts, on military reservations, or otherwise, as compensation for 
public property occupied, sold, or allowed to be used or appropriated , 
or for labor furnished, or privileges, or facilities conceded, etc., 
* * * were public monej^ of the United States, to be accounted 
for to the Treasury, and could not be legally retained as a so-called 
"slush fund," or disbursed for the use or benefit of the post or com- 
mand. * * * The proceeds of all public property of any material 
value, including all moneys exacted or received from civilians, are 
to be turned into the Treasury; and otherwise to dispose of them is 
embezzlement. (D. J. A. G., 2083.) 

171. Hereafter all moneys arising from disposition of serviceable 
quartermaster's supplies or stores, authorized by law and regulations, 
shall remain available throughout the fiscal year following that in 
which the disposition was effected, for the purposes of that appro- 
priation from which such supplies were authorized to be supplied 
at the time of the disposition. (Act Mar. 23, 1910; G. O. 54, W. D., 
1910, p. 23.) 

172. Of surplus ice, surplus electric light and power, and pro- 
ceeds from laundry work done for other branches of the Government, 
(Army appropriation act, Mar. 2, 1905; G. O. 40, \V. D., 1905, p., 14; 
and subsequent annual Army appropriation acts.) ,, ,. , ^ 

173. Old typewriting machines exchanged for new ones. (Oir. 1, 
\V. D., 190G.)" ^ ♦ : 

174. Of manure sold at posts. (See par 949, posf.) 

175. Of subsistence supplies are immediately available for the 
purchase of fresh supplies. (A. R., 628; M. S. D., 223.) 

176. Fiscal year to which funds pertain which are received for 
subsistence supplies when payment is made in a later fiscal year 
than the one in which the stores were delivered. (Dec. Comp. June 
19, 1906; Cir. 37, W. D., 1906.) 

177. Hereafter all moneys arising from dispositions of serviceable 
medical and hospital supplies authorized by law and regulation shall 
constitute one fund on the books of the Treasury Department, which 
shall be available to replace medical and hospital suj^plies through- 
out the fiscal year in which the dispositions were effected and 
throughout the following fiscal year. (Act June 12, 1906, 34 Stat. L., 
256; G. O. 115, W. D., 1906, p. 25.) 

178. Of useless ordnance material. (Act Mar. 3, 1875; Sup. R. S., 
vol. 1, p. 74.) Of serviceable ordnance and ordnance stores. (Act 
Apr. 23, 1904, 33 Stat. L., 276; G. O. 76, W. D., 1904, p. 29.) 



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179. The transfer of public property other than subsistence eup- 
plies is not rej^arded as a sale. Vouchers for property so transferred 
will be sent through the chief of the bureau concerned to the proper 
account in<r officer of the Treasury Department for settlement, as 
prescribed in A. R., 682. If credit is received therefor the money 
may be used to replace the property transferred. (A. R., 630.) 

180. Rooks for a post library purchased out of post-exchange 
funds or donated to the library are not "public property " within the 
meaninp; of section 3618, Revised Statutes. Proceeds from a sale of 
them may, therefore, legally be expended in the })urcha^e of new 
books. (D. J. A. G., 2283.) 

Appropriations . 

181. Regulations governing fiscal years and accounts current. 
(A. R., 631-641.) Also see pars. 214-220, post. 

182. The Chief of Ordnance, in conducting manufacturing or 
similar operations under any particular appropriation heretofore or 
hereafter made, is authorized to use material procured under any 
appropriation and to replace the same in kind or otherwise: Provided, 
That in doing so the methods shall be such that each appropriation 
will be charged with the full value of the material used in carrying 
out its object. (Act Mar. 4, 1911; G. O. 45, W. D., 1911, p. 59; 
Ordnance Orders 6, 1911.) 

183. Hereafter whenever presBing obligations are required to be 
paid by a disbursing officer of the Quarteniiastcr's Dej)artraent and 
there is an insufficient balance to his official credit under the proper 
appropriation or appropriations for the purpose, he is authorized to 
make payment from the total available balance to his official credit, 
provided sufficient funds under the proper appropriation or appro- 
priations have been apportioned by the Quartennaster General for the 
expenditure. When such disbursements are made the accounts 
of the disbursing officer shall show the charging of the proper appro- 
priations, the balances under which will be adjusted by the disburs- 
ing officer on receipt of funds or by the accounting officers of the 
Treasury. (Act Mar. 3, 1909, 35 Rtat. !>., 747; G. O. 49, W. D., 
1909, p. 25.) The above provision applies to any funds in the hands 
of such disbursing officer and is not limited to funds of the fiscal year 
in which the obligations are incurred. (Cir. 55, W. D., 1910.) 

(For similar provisions of law for the Ordnance Department, see 
act Mar. 3, 1909, 35 Stat. L., 750; G.0.49, W.D., 1909, p. 30; and for 
Engineer Department see act Mar. 3, 1911; G. O. 45, W. D., 1911, 
p. 32.) 



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Money vouchers. 

184. Preparation of, etc. (A. R. 642-665.) 

185. The practice of requiring public creditors to receipt for 
moneys in advance of actual payment will be discontinued after 
September 30, 1907. No payments made after said date shall 
be evidenced by a receipt, except where receipts are required 
cither by law or contract, unless such payments are made in cash, 
that is, cun-ency. (Treasury Dept. Cir. No. 52, 1907, par. 1.) 

The giving or taking of a receipt for public money in blank or in 
advance of actual payment is prohibited. (A. R., 648.) 

186. After September 30, 1907, no receipt for moneys paid by 
disbursing officers' checks shall be required or taken by disbursing 
officers except where receipts are required either by law or contract. 
Disbursing officers will note on vouchers for check payments the 
date, number, name of payee, and amount of the check and the name 
of the depositary on whom drawn. (Treasury Dept. Cir. No. 52, 
1907, par. 2.) 

187. A voucher for a payment made or an invoice for money 
transferred will have noted thereon the number, date, and amount 
of checks given and the depositary on which drawn. If payment 
or transfer is made with currency, wholly or in part, the facts will be 
stated and a receipt given for the currency. (A.R.,651.) SeeA.R., 
649. 

188. All vouchers for payment by disbursing officers, except 
those required by law to be verified by affidavit, and the expense 
accounts of the civilian officers, employees, and agents of the Gov- 
ernment, which shall be verified by affidavit as heretofore, shall be 
certified by the claimant as correct and just, except that vouchers for 
personal compensation for services rendered under the personal 
supervision of some administrative officer and so certified by him 
need not be certified by the claimant, provided the voucher describes 
specifically the position, the rate of compensation, and the period 
covered. (Treasury Dept. Cir. No. 52, 1907, par. 3.) 

189. Disbursing officers shall make cash payments only in cases 
authorized by Treasury Department Circular No. 102, dated Decem- 
ber 7, 1900, and then in only those cases where the payment is 
made by the disbursing officer in person, or by his deputy, and 
the exchange of money and the receipt therefor is simultaneous. 
(Treasury Dept. Cir. No. 52, 1907, par. 5.) 

Note. — For Treasury Circular No. 102 see paragraph 228 (post). 

190. ^^^len payments are made in cash, that is, currency, they 
must be evidenced by a statement of such fact in the receipt and in 



46 INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 

substantially the I'ollovvins: form (except upon ])ay rolls which shall 
embody instructions calculated to insure the receipt thereof only 
under the conditions laid down in the form given in this paragraph;: 

"Received from -, — in person, or by his deputy, and 

in cash, the sum of dollars and cents, in full payment 

of voucher No. , account ." (Treasury Dept. Cir. 

No. 52, 1907, par. 6.) 

191. The form of the signature to the certificate, and to the 
receipt when required, and the name of the person or business firm 
as entered at the head of an account must be literally alike. ^Mien 
a signature is not written by the hand of the party it must be wit- 
nessed by a disinterested party, a commissioned officer when prac- 
ticable. (A. R., 657, 658.) 

192. Unless required by law, vouchers shall not be taken in exact 
duplicate, triplicate, etc. Only one copy of a voucher, the original, 
shall contain signed certifications, approvals, and receipts. As 
many copies, in memorandum form, duly authenticated if desired, 
may be taken as administrative requirements demand. (Treasury 
Cir. No. 52, 1907, par. 7.) See A. R., 642; 12895, O. I. G. 

193. When a fraction of a cent less than one-half occurs in the 
footing of a voucher, it will be disregarded. If the fraction be one- 
half or greater, it will be reckoned as a cent. (A. R., 646.) 

194. Rules for computation of time in payment of services. 
(A. R., 662; see Cir. 74, W. D., 1910.) 

195. A voucher for purchases and services not personal will show 
thereon the mode of purchase or engagement, using the form of 
notations on the standard prescribed forms. (A. R., 647.) 

196. When copies of papers are necessary to establish the validity 
of a voucher in a disbursing officer's accoimt, the copies must be 
certified by some officer other than the disbursing officer claiming 
credit on the voucher. (Cir. 15, W. D., 190.3.) 

197. Disbursing officers will not issue vouchers for unpaid accounts 
as due bills against the United States, but a certified statement of 
personal services and of wages due may be given to a discharged 
employee who for want of funds was not paid at time of discharge. 
(A. R., 661.) 

198. It is very douV)tful whether an officer of the Government 
would be justified, in the absence of a law authorizing it, in paying 
public money to a bank in the purchase from it of a draft or bill 
of exchange. I am of the opinion that the vouchers of the class 
you refer to (for purchases made abroad) should ordinarily be paid 
by official chock in the manner prescribed by Treasury Depart- 



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ment Circular No. 52, 1907. In exceptional cases (as when the 
creditors will not receive official checks because of delay and expense 
of collection) a most liberal construction of existing law would 
justify tl'.e purchase of international post office money orders with 
which to effect payments. These orders can be purchased through 
checks drawn to the order of the postmaster. A memorandum of 
the transaction, showing the number of the order, its amount in 
foreign money, name of the payee, and the place on which drawn, 
should be obtained from the postmaster, and the disbursing officer's 
statement that the order had been mailed to the payee should be 
attached to the voucher. (Comj). Dec. 4, 1907; 12393, O. I. G.) 

199. Pecuniary responsibility of officers who issue orders for 
expenditure of money. (A. R., 664, 665.) 

200. Sundays and holidays are days for which pay is allowed, 
therefore when the last day of the month falls on Sunday or a 
holiday, payment for the month can not be made on the preced- 
ing day without a violation of section 3648, Revised Statutes. 
(Cir. 2, A. G. O., 1886.) 

Disbursing officers. 

201. Disbursing officers of the Quartermasters, Subsistence, 
and Pay Departments, before entering upon the duties of their 
respective offices, will give bonds as required by law. ('hiefs of 
bureaus will see that such bonds are examined as to sufficiency 
of sureties at least once in two years, and renewed once in four 
years, or more frequently if necessary. (A. R., 575; R. S. 1191.) 

202. Under the provisions in the act of February 2, 1901, that 
certain vacancies in the Quartermaster's Department of the Army 
"shall be filled by detail from the line" for a period of four years, 
officers so detailed are officers of the Quartermaster's Department 
within the meaning of section 1191, Revised Statutes, and they are 
required to give bonds to faithfully account for all public moneys 
or property which they may receive. (7 Comp. 793, June 10, 1901.) 
(Also applicable to officers detailed to the Subsistence and Pay 
Departments.) 

203. Until otherwise provided by law, no bond shall be accepted 
from any surety or bonding company for any officer or employee of 
the United States which shall cost more than 35 per centum in excess 
of the rate of premium charged for a like bond during the calendar 
year 1908: Provided, That hereafter the United States shall not pay 
any part of the premium or other cost of furnishing a bond required 
by law or otherwise of any officer or employee of the United States. 
(Act Aug. 5, 1909, 36 Stat. L., 125; G. O. 189, W. D., 1909, p. 2.) 



i8 INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 

(For maximum premium authorized on official bonds of disl)ursinc; 
officers, see Cir. 83, W. D.. 1909.; 

204. The accounts of a bonded disbursing officer must be kept 
separately under each bond except when the second bond is cumu- 
lative, in which case the accounts will be stated under both bonds. 
When a new bond is given the officer will close his accounts under 
the former bond and will deposit to the credit of the Treasurer of the 
United States, or transfer to a bonded officer of the same department 
who is authorized by law to handle the same class of funds, any 
unexpended balance before an advance is made under the new 
bond, in order that the liability of the sureties on the respective 
bonds may be definitely fixed. In all cases where a transfer is 
made to a bonded officer there must be an actual transfer of funds 
and not a mere paper transaction. The date of the bond of a dis- 
bursing officer is the date on which it is approved by the Secretary 
of War. (A. R., 599; Cir. 2, W. D., 1903.) 

205. On and after October 1, 1907, all disbursing officers who, 
for any reason (e. g., separate bonds, etc.), are required to render 
sey)arate and distinct accounts to the auditors of the Trea.-^ury 
Department, shall keep separate and distinct accounts of their 
funds in the Government depositaries, and shall unmistakably 
designate such several depositary accounts on their vouchers, 
requisitions, deposits, and accounts current. (Treasury Dept. 
Cir. No. 52, 1907, par. 9.) 

206. When an officer is relieved from duty in a staff department 
at any station he will certify outstanding debts, if any, to his suc- 
cessor, and transmit a list of the same to the head of the proper 
bureau. Unless otherwise ordered, he will turn over to his successor 
the public money, property, books, and papers pertaining to the 
service from which he is relieved. (A. R., 641.) 

207. If any disbursing officer .shall bet at cards or any game 
of hazard, his commanding officer will suspend his functions, require 
him to turn over all public funds in his keeping, and will immedi- 
ately report the case to the proper bureau of the War Department. 
He will also report the case to the division commander, who 
will at once convene a court-martial for the trial of the officer. 
(A. R., 604.) 

208. No officer disbursing money for the military service, or 
directing the disbursement thereof, .shall be concerned indiAad- 
ually, directly or indirectly, in the purcha.'^o or .sale of any article 
intended for, used by, or pertaining to the department of the public 
service in which he is engaged. (A. R., 601.) 



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209. No officer or clerk of a disbursing officer shall be interested 
in the purchase of any soldier's certificate of pay due, or any other 
claim against the United States. (A. R., 602.) 

Note. — But when an officer purchases final statements as an 
accommodation to the soldier, and not himself profiting thereby, 
payment will be admitted on the officer's certificate to the facts. 
(m'. p. D., 443.) 

210. Officers or agents in the military service will not purchase 
supplies for the Government from any other person in the military 
service, nor contract with any such person to furnish supplies or 
service to the Government, nor make any Government purchase 
or contract in which such person shall be admitted to share or 
receive benefit. (A. R., 603.) See pars. 666, 667, post. 

211. An officer is not authorized to insure public money or 
property. (A. R., 607.) 

212. The Auditor for the War Department proposes to audit and 
settle the accounts of disbursing officers of the Quartermaster's De- 
partment monthly instead of quarterly as heretofore, and he requests 
that such officers reply promptly and fully to letters calling for ex- 
planations and to suspensions noted in difference sheets, thus avoid- 
ing the necessity of carrying such items forward in the successive 
difference sheets. Compliance with the request of the auditor is 
enjoined on all concerned. (Cir. 66, W. D., 1910.) 

213. WTien partial payments are made on account of salaries or 
wages and claim for credit for the same is deferred until completed 
payment for the period has been made, the amounts of such partial 
payments constitute a part of the acknowledged balance, and the 
total of such amounts, together with the facts, shall be set out in 
the analysis of balance provided by the standard form prescribed 
by Treasury Department Circular No. 46, dated May 24, 1906. 
(Treasury Dept. Cir. No. 52, 1907, par. 11.) 

21'4. The balances acknowledged by disbursing officers and their 
analyses thereof must actually represent the state of their business 
at the close of the last day for which the accounts are rendered. 
They must so order their business that they may, when called upon 
so to do, close their accounts and analyze their acknowledged bal- 
ances. (Treasury Dept. Cir. No. 52, 1907, par. 12.) 

215. Whenever feasible, disbursing officers are, at the close of 
business on the last day of periods for which they are required to 
render accounts, to count and schedule, in the presence of a duly 
authorized and disinterested witness or witnesses, all items of cash, 
i. e., currency, memorandum payments, and other items, to appear 
129tJ9°— 12 — 4 



6b INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 

in tlu'ir analyses of huhinces for which vouchers are not to be aub- 
mitted to the auditor with the current account; whenever it is not 
feasible to do so they -will so state in ^v^iting, giving reaaons, etc., 
and attach same to the account cuiTent; form of certificate for wit- 
ness; depositary balance not to be verified by the witness. (W. D. 
Cirs. 63, 1909, and 19, 1910; 13848, O. I. G.) 

216. It is held by the War Department that the responsibility for 
accepting personal checks tendered }jy officers in payment of their 
monthly bills, under existing law and regulations, rests with the 
officer who receives them; that the law does not recognize such 
checks as money, and that the verifying witness, under Circular 63, 
W. D., 1909, has no authority to consider these checks as cash. 
(13752, 13920, O. I. G.) 

217. All transactions coming wuthin the time covered by an ac- 
count shall be reported therein. No payments or collections not 
actually made during the period of an account shall be included 
therein. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply (o partial 
payments of salaries or wages which are provided for by paragraph 
11, Treasury Department Circular No. 52, 1907. (Treasury Dept. 
Cir. 52, 1907, par. 13.) See par. 213, ante. 

218. If disbursing officers do not for any reason receive from 
their deposita,ries the monthly statements required to be rendered 
to them by paragraph 16, Treasury Department Circular No. 52, 
1907, in time for them to analyze their balances in the manner con- 
templated by the standard fonn of account current prescribed by 
Treasury Department Circular No. 46, dated May 24, 1906. they shall 
not delay the rendition of their accounts so as to make them delin- 
quent, but shall compute their net balances from their check stubs 
and state that such balances are so computed, together with a report 
of the cause of their failure to compute such balances in the pre- 
scribed manner. (Treasury Dept. Cir. No. 52, 1907, par. 14.) 

219. All disbursing officers in or under the War Department are 
hereby instructed to promptly acknowledge the correctness of the 
monthly statement furnished them by the Treasurer of the United 
States, the assistant treasurers of the United States, or a designated 
national bank depositary. (Cir. 9, W. D., 1910.) 

220. Each officer disbursing in part V)y ca.sh and flrawing hie 
official checks to obtain cash to make payments shall render with 
hLs account current a subsidiary cash account, the balance of which 
should agree or be reconciled with his cash as shown V)y his analysis 
of balance with his account current. (Treasury Dept. Cir. No. 52, 
1907, par. 15.) 



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221. The use of moneys for purposes other than those for which 
appropriated, liquidation of liabilities of one fiscal year by use of 
moneys appropriated for another, and expenditures in a fiscal year 
of any sum in excess of appropriations for that year, or involving 
the Government in any contract for future payment of money in 
excess of appropriations, except as authorized by A. R., 524, are 
prohibited. (A. R., 590; see also R. S. 3678; R. S., 3679, as 
amended by act of Feb. 27, 1906, 34 Stat. L., 49; p. 3, G. O. 69, 
W. D., 1906.) 

222. Every person who shall have moneys of the United States in 
his hands or possession, and disbursing officers having moneys in 
their possession not required for current expenditure, shall pay the 
same to the Treasurer, an assistant treasurer, or some public depos- 
itary of the United States, without delay, and in all cases within 
30 days of their receipt. (R. S., 3621, amended by act May 28, 1896; 
29 Stat. L., 179.) 

223. Public money, subject to disbursement, coming into the 
hands of an officer from any source will be promptly placed by 
him to his credit with the Treasurer or an assistant treasurer of the 
United States, or a duly designated depositary, or else transferred 
to a disbursing officer of that branch of the public service to which 
the money pertains. p]xception3 to this rule are allowed in the 
cases and to the extent authorized by A. R., 597, and in cases 
where an officer, when stationed on the extreme frontier or at a 
place far remote from depositaries, has been specially authorized 
by the Secretary of War to keep at his own risk such money as may 
be intrusted to him for disbursement. Money in hand, subject to 
disbursement, may be disbursed at once without being placed in 
depositaries if a payment is due. (A. R., 596.) 

224. Recruiting officers and officers doing subsistence duty at 
posts or independent stations are authorized to keep on hand, at 
their own risk, moneys pertaining to the appropriation "Subsistence 
of the Army" in such restricted amounts as may be necessary for 
facilitating payments of small amounts to public creditors. (A. R., 
597; see act Mar. 2, 1907, 34 Stat. L., 1166; G. O. 48, W. D., 1907, 
p. 14.) 

225 Commissaries on United States transports plying between 
the United States and Cuba or Porto Rico are authorized to keep in 
their personal possession, at their own risk, not to exceed $500 sub- 
fiistence funds; those on transports plying between the United States 
and the Philippine Islands, not to exceed $4,500 subsistence funds. 
All money received by transport commissaries from the sale of sub- 



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sistence stores, or meals furnished aboard, in excess of the above 
amount,'^, will be transferred tosuch officer of the Subsistence Depart- 
ment as may be directed by the Commissary General at the end of 
each journey. (G. O. 52, A. G. O., 1900.) 

226. The commanding officer of each mine planter, except the 
Gen. Samuel M. Mills, is authorized to keep on hand, at his own 
risk, in his capacity as acting commissary, not to exceed $300, sub- 
sistence funds, for use in emergency. (Secretary of War, July 9, 
1910; J4297, O. I. G.) 

227. Disbursing officers of the War Department, stationed in 
Cuba, Porto Rico, Philippine Islands, and Alaska, being far remote 
from designated depositaries, are specially authorized by the Sec- 
retary of War to keep, at their own risk, moneys received in coin or 
currency which they may be authorized to disburse, and such 
moneys as may be officially intrusted to them for disbursement. 
(G. O'. 22, 89, A. G. O., 1899; G. O. 61, A. G. O., 1900; G. O. 120, 
W. D., 1905.) 

228. Treasury Department Circular No. 102, December 7, 1906, 
is as follows: 

"The following sections of the Revised Statutes are published for 
the information and guidance of all concerned: 

"'Sec. 3620. It shall be the duty of every disbursing officer hav- 
ing any public money intrusted to him for disbursement, to deposit 
the same with the Treasurer or some one of the assistant treasurers 
of the United States, and to draw for the same only as it may be re- 
quired for payments to be made by him in pursuance of law (and 
draw for the same only in favor of the persons to whom payment is 
made); and all transfers from the Treasurer of the United States to 
a di.'^bursing officer shall bo by draft or warrant on the Treasury or 
an a.ssistant treasurer of the United States. In places, however, 
where there is no Treasurer or assistant treasurer, the Secretary of 
the Treasury may, when he deems it essential to the public interest, 
specially authorize, in writing, the deposit of such public money in 
any other public depository, or, in writing, authorize the same to 
be kept in any other manner, and under such rules and regulations 
as he may deem most safe and effectual to facilitate the payments to 
public creditors.' 

"'Sec 5488. Every disbursing officer of the Inited States who 
deposits any public money intrusted to him in any place or in any 
manner, except as authorized by law, or converts to his own use in 
any way whatever, or loans with or without interest, or for any pur- 



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pose not prescribed by law withdraws from the Treasurer or any 
afpistant treasurer, or any authorized depositary, or for any pur- 
pose not prescribed by law transfers or applies any portion of the 
public money intrusted to him, is, in every such act, deemed guilty 
of an embezzlement of the money so deposited, converted, loaned, 
withdrawn, transferred, or applied; and shall be punished by im- 
prisonment with hard labor for a term not less than one year nor 
more than ten years, or by a fine of not more than the amount embez- 
zled or lees than one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and 
imprisonment.' 

"In accordance with the provisions of the above sections, any 
public money advanced to disbursing officers of the United States 
must be deposited immediately to their respective credits, with 
either the United States Treasurer, some assistant treasurer, or, by 
special direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, with a national 
bank depositary nearest or most convenient, except — 

"1. Any disbursing officer of the War Department, specially 
authorized by the Secretary of War, when stationed on the extreme 
frontier or at places far remote from such depositaries, may keep, 
at his own risk, such moneys as may be intrusted to him for dis- 
bursement. 

"2. Any officer receiving money remitted to him upon specific 
estimates m&y disburse it accordingly, without waiting to place it 
in a depositary, provided the payments are due and he prefers this 
method to that of drawing checks. 

"Any check drawn by a disbursing officer upon moneys thus 
deposited must be in favor of the party, by name, to whom the 
payment is to be made, and payable to 'order,' with these excep- 
tions: 

"(1) To make payments of amounts not exceeding $20, (2) to 
make payments at a distance from a depositary, and (3) to make 
payments of fixed salaries due at a certain period; in either of which 
cases any disbursing officer may draw his check in favor of himself, 
or 'order,' for such amount as may be necessary for such payment, 
but in the first and last named cases the check must be drawn not 
more than two days before the payments become due. 

"Any disbursing officer or agent drawing checks on moneys de- 
posited to his official credit, must state on the face or back of each 
check the object or purpose to which the avails are to be applied, 
except upon checks issued in payment of individual pensions, the 
special form of such checks indicating sufficiently the character of 



64 INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 

(lisburscmenl. li tin- ubjed or purpose fur wliich any chtck of a 
public disbursing officer is drawn is not stated thereon, as required, 
or if any reason exists for suspecting fraud, the office or bank on which 
such check is drawn will refuse its payment. 

"Such statement may be made in brief form, but must clearly 
indicate the object of the expenditure, as, for instance, 'pay,' 'pay 
roll,' or 'payment of troops,' adding the fort or station, 'purchase 
of subsistence,' or other supplies; 'on account of construction,' 
mentioning the fortification or other public work for which the pay- 
ment is made; 'payments under $20,' etc. 

"Any check drawn by a United States disbursing officer payable 
to himself, or 'order,' 'to make payments t)f amounts not exceeding 
twenty dollars each,' under the provisions of thus circular must 
bear indorsed thereon the names of the persons to whom the amount 
drawn is to be paid, or be accompanied by a list, or schedule, made a 
part of the check, containing the same information. 

"The object, or purpose, to which the avails are to be applied 
in case of any check drawn by a dLsbursiug otHcer of the Army for 
an amount to be retained in his possession by authority of the 
Secretary of War, given under the provisions of this circular, or by 
any disbursing officer given such special authority by the Secretary 
of the Treasury, under the provisions of section 3620, Revised 
Statutes of the United States, must be clearly indicated l)y a state- 
ment on the check that it is to obtain cash to hold in personal posses- 
sion, and date of authority given so to hold funds, ("hecks will not 
be returned to the drawer after their payment but will be retained 
by the depositary arranged separately by officers and consecutively 
by number and date convenient for ready reference as they are liable 
to be called for by the Department at any time as evidence of proper 
payment. The depositary will furnish each disbursing officer with 
a detailed monthly statement of his account. 

"All disbursing clerks and agents of the Executive Dejjartments, 
independent offices, and c-ommissions, and offices under and part 
of the Executive Departments located in the District of Columbia, 
to prevent carrying unnecessary balances of cash, are directed to 
deposit, on or before the 5th and 20t.h of each month, with the 
Treasurer of the United States, to their official credit subject to check, 
any and all balances of cash drawn to meet pay rolls and remainii^ 
in their hands; and thereafter, until the next regular pay day, to 
make payments appropriate to be made by check and not in 
cash. 



INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOITNTS. 55 

"Deposits to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States on 
account of repayment of disbursing funds must be made with the 
office or bank in which such funds are to the credit of the disbursing 
officer. Disbursing officers are not autliorized to transfer funds 
standing to their credit with one depositary to their credit with 
another depositary; such transfers will be made by the Secretary of 
the Treasury upon the requests of the heads of the departments 
under which the officers are serving. > 

"No allowance will be made to any disbursing officer for expenses 
charged for collecting money on checks. 

"Whenever any disbursing officer of the United States shall cease 
to act in that capacity he will at once inform the Secretary of the 
Treasury whether he has any public funds to his credit in any office 
or bank, and, if so, what checks, if any, he has drawn against the 
same, which are still outstanding and unpaid. Until satisfactory 
information of this character shall have been furnished, the whole 
amount of such moneys will be held to meet the payment of his 
checks properly payable therefrom. 

"In case of the death, resignation, or removal of any disbursing 
officer, checks previously drawn by him will be paid from the funds 
to his credit, unless such checks have been drawn more than four 
months before their presentation, or reasons exist for suspecting 
fraud. Any clieck previously drawn by hun and not presented 
for payment within four months of its date will not be paid until 
its correctness shall have been attested by the Comptroller of the 
Treasury or his chief clerk. ". ,! " / 

"Every disbursing officer, when opening his first account, before 
issuing any checks, will furnish the depositary on whom checks are 
drawn with his official signature, duly verified by some officer whose 
signature is known to the depositary. 

"For every deposit made by a disbursing officer, to his official 
credit, a receipt in form as below shall be given, setting forth its 
serial number and the place and date of issue; the title of each 
officer shall be expressed, and the title of the disbursing account 
shall also show for what branch of the public service the account 
is kept, as it is essential for the proper transaction of departmental 
business that accounts of moneys advanced from different bureaus 
Id a disbursing officer ser\'ing in two or more distinct capacities be 
kept separate and distinct from each other, and be so reported to 

'. « See Cir. 2, W. D., 1909, directing disbursing officers to comply with the provi- 
sions of this paragraph. 



56 INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 

the department both by the ofHccr and the cU-positary, the receipt 
to be retained by the officer in whose favor it is ipsued. 

"Xo. . "Office ok the U. S. 

"(Assistant Tueasurer or Depositary). 

" , ,190—. 

"Received of , dolhxrs, consisting of , to be placed 

to his credit as , and subject only to his check in tliat official 

capacity. 



" United States (Assistant Treasurer or Depositary). 

".f . 

"These regulations are intended to supersede those of August 14, 
1897, and circular of April 17, 1899, amendatory thereof." 

Treasury Department Circular No. 17, March 19, 1908. amends 
the foregoing (Treasury Dept. Cir. 102, 1906) as follows: 

"1. The deposit of cash balances on the 5th and 20th of each 
month required by Treasury Department Circulars Nos. 39 and 102, 
dated, respectively, April 10 and December 7, 1906, need not be 
made hereafter, but cash obtained for making payment.^ of salaries 
may be retained by disbursing officers, for the purpose of paying 
the proper persons in cash, not to exceed 30 days from and after the 
period during which the services were rendered. 

"2. To enable them to make payment of salaries in ca.sh at times 
other than regular pay days, disbursing officers in the District of 
Columbia may, npon written application, obtain from the Secre- 
tary of the Treasury permission to keep in their possession and at 
their own risk additional moneys not to exceed specific amounts 
fixed by him. 

"3. The auditors of the Treasury Department shall, in the exami- 
nation of the accounts of disbursing officers generally, report to the 
Secretary of the Treasury anj^ excessive cash balances discovered. 

"4. Disbursing officers drawing checks payable to themselves or 
order for the purpose of making payments of amounts not exceeding 
$20 each need not hereafter accompany such checks with the lists 
or schedules of the names of the persons to whom the amount.^ drawn 
are to be paid. 

" 5. Treasury Department Circulars Nos. 39 and 102, dated, respec- 
tively, A])ril 10 and December 7, 1906. are amended accordingly." 

Treasury Department Circular No. 102, 190G, further amended by 
Treasury Department Circular No. 7. February 7, 1910, with refer- 



INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 67 

ence to disbursing officers drawing checks to make payments of 
United States customs duties levied upon the importation of public 
property purchased abroad. 

229. Held * * * that the accounting officers are required by 
law to see that the funds appropriated by Congress for public pur- 
poses are applied to the objects specified in the appropriation acts, 
and to no others; that relief from responsibility for public money 
lost or misapplied is not within the legitimate functions of the 
accounting officers, but belongs to Congress, or else to the courts 
authorized to hear and determine equitable rights and to extend 
equitable remedies. (Dec. 2d Comp. (Gilkeson), vol. 3, par. 741.) 
See R. S., 1060-1062; A. R., 1331, 1332. 

230. The pay of officers of the Army may be withheld under 
section 1766, Revised Statutes, on account of an indebtedness to 
the United States admitted or shown by the judgment of a court, 
but not otherwise, unless upon a special order issued according to 
the discretion of the Secretary of War. (Act July 16, 1892, 27 
Stat. L., 177.^, Held, That the last part of this provision was to be 
construed not separately but in connection with the former, and 
could not be interpreted as empowering the Secertary of War to stop 
the pay of officers of the Army to satisfy private debts or claim f(jr 
alimony. (D. J. A. G., 2383.) 

231. Penalty for falsification of accounts or records and the mak- 
ing of false reports, or aiding or abetting therein, by any officer, 
clerk, agent, or other person heading any office or employment under 
the Government of the United States. (Act Mar. 4, 1911 ; G. 0. 4-5, 
W. D., 1911, p. 100.) 

232. Instructions to be observed by officers of the Quartermaster's 
Department who disburse or transfer public funds as to the prepa- 
ration of accounts current, pay rolls, vouchers, and abstracts, and 
keeping of the cash book. (Cir. 11, Q. M. G. O., 1909.) 

238. Instructions governing the procurement of supplies and 
engagement of services, Quartermaster's Department. (Cir. 7, 
Q. M. G. O., 1909, amended by Q. M. G. 0. Cirs. 13, 16, 1909; 2, 4, 5, 
1910; 3, 7, 9, 10, 1911.) 

234. Instructions governing the financial operations of the Ord- 
nance Department. (Ordnance Orders 12, 1910; G. O. 1, Office 
Chief of Ordnance, 1911.) 

Depositaries. 

235. To render statements to disbursing officers. (Treasury Dept. 
Cir. 52, 1907, pars. 16, 17, 19.) 



58 INSPECTION OF MONEY ACCOUNTS. 

236. National-bank depositaries to list paid checks consecutively 
by number in the monthly statements to United States disbursing 
officers. (Treasury Dept. Rei,'.. Dec. 7, 1906; 12034, O. I. G.) 

237. To render statements of disbursing officers' accounts to 
inspecting and administrative officers upon their request when 
engaged in the duly authorized inspection of accounts. (Treasury 
Dept. Cir. 52, 1907, pars. 17, 19.) 

238. Lists of national-bank depositaries designated for the use of 
disbursing officers, with the amounts of securities filed by each with 
the United States Treasurer, will be i)ublished from time to time 
in orders from the War Department. (A. R., 592.) 

239. When there are two or more designated depositaries in the 
same place, credit should be so regulated by each disbursing officer 
there stationed as to maintain, as far as possible (^by deposits, dis- 
bursements, and transfers), a proportion between the amount of his 
credit at each depositary and the amount of securities filed by it 
with the United States Treasurer. (.\. R., 593.) 

240. Transfers from one depositary to another are not authorized 
except through the Treasury Department. (A. R., 593.^ 

Closing statements. 

241. When an officer ceases to act as a disbursing officer, or for 
any reason closes his accounts, he will prepare a closing statement 
of his money accounts, from date of last inspection to and including 
the closing of his accounts, with a separate list of checks outstanding 
for each depositary. If he is under the connuand of a division 
commander, or his accounts are assigned for inspection to the divi- 
sion inspector, he will forward the statement and list of checks to 
division headquarters, through military channels, for the usual 
action, inchiding inspection, if practicable. If disbursing under 
the direction of the Secretary of War without such assignment, he 
will forward his papers directly to The Adjutant (Jeneral of the 
Army, who will transmit them to the Inspector General of the Army. 
(A. R., 917.) 

In case of a closing statement submitted under this paragraph by 
a disbursing officer changing station, theoriginal list, or lists, of checks 
outstanding and the balance, if any, will, after verification, be fur- 
nished the inspector general of the division to which the dis- 
bursing officer is transferred. (4912-B, O. I. G.'i 

Reports of inspections, etc. 

242. A statement of receipts and expenditures and of the distri- 
bution of funds (Form 3, I. G. D.), with lists of outstanding checks 



INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 59 

(Form 3a. I. G. D.), will be siit)mitted by the disbursing officer to 
the inspector, who should immediately transmit the lists of out- 
standing checks to the several depositaries. Upon return from a 
depositary, balances will be verified and noted on the inspection 
report, which will then be forwarded to the Inspector General, with 
a copy of each list of outstanding checks and the indorsements 
thereon. The original lists will be retained by the inspector to be 
used at the next inspection of the officer's accounts, and then sent to 
the Inspector General. (A. R., 916.) 

For instructions as to forwarding, filing, etc., reports of inspections 
of money accounts, see paragraphs 118. 119, and 131 (ante). 

INSPECTION OK PROPERTY FOR f OXDEMXATIOX. 

243. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all 
needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other prop- 
erty belonging to the United States. (Constitution. Art. IV, 
sec. 3.) 

244. The President may cause to be sold any military stores 
which, upon proper inspection or survey, appear to be damaged, or 
unsuitable for the public service. Such inspection or survey shall 
be made by officers designated by the Secretary of War, and the 
sales shall be made under regulations prescribed by him. (R. S., 
1241.) 

245. Section 1241, Revised Statutes, is the reenactment of the 
statute of March 3, 1825 (4 Stats., 127), entitled "An act to authorize 
the sale of unserviceable ordnance, arms, and military stores," and 
in regard to which Attorney General R. B. Taney (to whom the 
question had been submitted by the President) said: 

" After the passage of this law and the regulations made under 
it, 1 think it evident that no sale of ordnance, or iron, or stores of any 
description, can lawfully be made without the order of the President, 
upon proper inspection and condemnation as therein directed, and 
according to the regulations of the War Department on this subject 
above referred to." (2 Op., 580.) 

That opinion clearly answers the question as to how unservice- 
able stores may legally be disposed of, and is, in my opinion, as ap- 
plicable to-day as it was when written. (J. A. G., Feb. 7, 1895; 
543,0. I. G.)" 

246. The Constitution gives to Congress the " power to dispose 
fif and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the terri- 
tory or other property belonging to the United States," and it is 



60 INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 

wi'll settled that no public j)ropertji: can \)C disposed of without the 
authority of law, either by an express act of Congress for that purpose 
or by giving the authority to some department or subordinate agent. 
Congress has given authority to "cause to be sold any military stores 
which, upon proper inspection or survey, appear to be damaged, 
or unsuitable for the public service" (sec. 1241, R. S.); but no 
authority to sell military stores which have nol been condemned as 
unserviceable, and the sale of the mules in question was therefore 
illegal. (Op. J. A. G., Sept. 12, 1899; 4752, O. I. G.) 

24:7. Held, that section 1167, Revised Statutes, does not direct 
or authorize the Chief of Ordnance, subject to the approval of the 
Secretary of War, to draw up and enforce in his department a sys- 
tem of rules and regulations for the inspection of ordnance property 
with a view to its condemnation and sale or destruction. (D. J. 
A. G., par. 1862.) 

24S. The word "unsuitable," as used in section 1241. Revised 
Statutes, evidently refers to some unfitness for use other than that 
caused by being "damaged." Uniform clothing, for instance, of 
sizes that could not be used would be unsuitable. But held that the 
meaning of the word could not properly be restricted to things of a 
quality inferior to that which is required for the service. A thing 
may be unsuitable by reason of its being of such superior quality as 
not to be adaptable for the purpose for which it was intended. And 
held that military stores can not properly be deemed un.suitable 
under this statute for the sole reason that they are in excess of the 
quantity required for use. (D. J. A. G., 2279.) 

249. Under the provisions of section 1241, Revised Statutes, 
that military stores which are "unsuitable for the public service 
may be sold," stores which it is found inexpedient to transport to a 
place where they can be serviceable may be condemned and sold. 
(7 Comp. Dec, 260; see D. J. A. G., 2279, footnote 2.) 

250. Certain Government property (a quantity of cordwood and 
a hay scale) was left on hand at a military post which had been 
abandoned. The property was no longer needed there and the 
expense of transporting elsewhere would largely exceed its cost. 
Held, therefore, that it was "unsuitable for the public service" 
within the meaning of section 1241, Revised Statutes. (D. J. A. G., 
2280.) 

251. In the case of certain quartermaster property on hand at the 
quartermaster depot, Manila, P. I., in excess of that which, ba*>ed 
on consumption in former years, could be absorbed in the Philippine 
Islands within a year, and which could not be utilized at the depots 



INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 61 

in the United States to sufficient advantage to justify transportation 
thereto, the War Department decided, October 22, 1910, that, with 
a view to sale locally as unsuitable for the military service, it could 
be submitted to the action of an inspector under Revised Statutes, 
section 1241. (14525, O. I. G.) 

252. 1, therefore, am clearly of the opinion that a sale by Gov- 
ernment officers under Revised Statutes, section 1241, is as much 
subject to the provisions of the food and drugs act (34 Stat. L., 768) 
as a sale by a private person would be under similar circumstances. 
<0p. Attorney General, Mar. 27, 1908; 9724-H, 0. I. G.) 

253. Obsolete properly. — The class of property referred to within 
{coffee roasters obsolete for use at posts) falls clearly within the 
designation of property "unsuitable for the public service" in the 
sense this language is employed in section 1241, Revised Statutes, 
and may be sold as therein provided, viz, "upon proper inspection 
or survey."' The statute further provides that "such inspection or 
survey shall be made by officers designated by the Secretary of 
War," and this provision is not, in the opinion of this office, met by 
the certificate * * * herewith. An officer should be designated 
to make the inspection and survey required by the statute. Dis- 
position of the property found to be unsuitable is governed by para- 
graph 684, Army Regulations of 1904 [A. R. 691, 1910]. (J.A. G., 
Aug. 29, 1906; 6127-M, O. I. G.) 

254. Except as provided in paragraph 728, A. R., inspections 
having in view the condemnation of property will be made by 
inspectors general or acting inspectors general; but in cases of emer- 
gency, such as when a station is abandoned or when troops change 
station, such inspections may be made by officers specially desig- 
nated by the commander of a territorial division, or the com- 
mander of a division, corps, or army in the field, or higher authority. 
<A. R., 918.) 

255. The appointment of a special inspector to act on unserv- 
iceable ordnance stores is limited to cases of emergency, the 
nature of which will be described in the order appointing the 
inspector. Care will be exercised in the selection of an officer 
for this duty. An inexperienced officer, or one who is junior to 
the responsible officer commanding the troop, battery, company, or 
detachment to which the property pertains, will not be appointed. 
(Cir. 87, W. D., 1907, par. 8.) 

256. The inspection of unserviceable property is one of the duties 
imposed by law primarily upon the Inspector-General's Department, 



62 INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 

and it f<eems therefore desirable that such inspections be made by 
ittf offirers whenever posnible, and the unneces,«ary api)i»intment 
of special inspectors for such duty be minimized. To this end the 
Secretary of War directs that whenever a tour of inspection is made, 
such arrangements should be made as will insure that all unservice- 
able property at places visited will be duly submitted and inspected. 
(See i)ar. M, ante.) 

267. Unserviceable property is, with reference to its disposition, 
divided into classes as follows: 

1. Property worirout by fair wear and tear in the Bervice wlii( h has 
no salable value. 

2. Property worn out by fair wear and tear in the service which 
presumably has some salable value. 

3. Property which has been rendered unscrvdceable from causes 
other than fair wear and tear in the service. 

Property of the first class may be submitted to a surveying oflicer 
and disposed of as indicated in paragraph 728, Army Regulations, 
or it may be submitted to an inspertor without prior action of a sur- 
veying ofhcer. 

Property of the second class will be submitted to an inspector 
without prior action of a surveying ofhcer. [For exception see par. 
1490, post.] 

Property of the third class will be submitted to a surveying oflScer, 
except as provided in paragraph 1089, Army Regulations, in case 
of public animals, and unless destroyed under the provisions of 
paragraph 728, Army Regulations, will subsequently be submitted 
to an inspector. The inventory and inspection reports will be accom- 
panied by the report of the surveying ofhcer. (A. R., 689.) Also 
see paragraph 728, Army Regulations, quoted in full as paragraph 
1485, post. 

258. Officers will prepare and sign in duplicate, on blank forms 
furnished by the Inspector General of the Army, inventories of 
public property requiring inspection, and present them, with the 
property, to the inspector general or acting inspector general at 
the time of his visit. (A. R., 919.) 

259. In the case of rapidly deteriorating subsistence stores or of 
unserviceable public animals, or pressing emergency, inventoriep 
will be prepared whenever necessary, and one copy will be for- 
warded to the commander having authority to appoint an inspector. 
(A. R., 919; also eee par, 1485, post.) 



INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 63 

260. When the regulations require the authority of the Sec- 
retary of War or of the chief of a bureau for the submission of prop- 
erty for the action of an inspector, such authority should be ob- 
tained by the accountable or responsibe officer and shown to the 
inspector when the property is presented for action. The inventory 
and inspection report should contain a notation that the required 
authority had been obtained. 

261. An officer responsible for public property furnished him 
on memorandum receipts and holding the same for use of his com- 
mand will sign the certificate on the inventory of unserviceable 
property when presented for the action of an inspector. (Acting 
Secretary of War, Oct. 10, 1907; 2318-H, O. I. G.) See par. 1498, 
poiit. 

262. Public property which has been damaged, except by fair 
wear and tear, or is unsuitable for the service, before being sub- 
mitted to an inspector for condemnation, will be surveyed by a 
disinterested officer, preferably the summary court officer. (A. R., 
721.) 

263. If an inspection of property follows the report of a survey 
thereon, one copy of the proceedings will accompany the inventory 
and inspection report which is transmitted for approval, and will 
afterwards be returned to be used as a voucher to the officer's returns. 
(A. R., 736.) 

264. For inspection the property will be arranged in the order 
of enumeration in the inventory, every article will be examined 
bj' the inspector, and the officer responsible will accompany him 
and be prepared to give all necessary information in regard to it. 
(A. R., 920.) 

265. Inspectors will examine all property properly presented for 
condemnation. (A. R., 921.) 

266. Inspectors will exercise great care in examining property 
submitted to them for condemnation and in making recommenda- 
tions regarding its di.sposition. (A. R., 922.) 

267. The general regulations governing recommendations as to 
the disposition of property inspected with a view to condemnation 
are as follows: 

(a) To he continued in service. — Articles that are still serviceable. 
(A. R., 922.) 

(b) To be dropped. — Articles that can not be sold at the post and 
are not worth cost of transportation to an arsenal or depot for repair. 



64 INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 

If worthless they must be so far destroyed us to prevent an\' possi- 
bility of future i)resenta(ion. Such articles as can not be dev^^troyed 
will, when practicable, be marked "I. C," or will be broken up 
and serviceable parts retained. (A. II., 922.) See (d) below. 

Note. — When articles or buildini^s are recommended "to be 
broken up," the inspector should state in the coluum for remarks in 
the I. and I. report the use to which the serviceable parts are to be 
applied. 

(c) To be sold. — Such articles as are of no further public use or 
not worth cost of transportation to a depot. (A. R., 922.) 

(d) To be turned in to depot or arsenal. — Such articles as can not 
be repaired at the post and are worth cost of transportation. Small 
arms must not be destroyed. (A. R., 922, 925.) See par. 337, post. 

268. When an inspector recommends that property be turned 
in to depot or arsenal for purposes other than repair, he should state 
in the column for remarks in the I. and I. report, the purpose, as, 
"for reissue," "for sale," etc. 

269. When all the articles inventoried are not pre.sented to the 
inspector, the number or quantity not presented should be carried 
in the column "To be continued in service," and a note made in the 
column for remarks, as, "7 not presented." 

270. Officers of the Inspector General's Department inspecting 
public property for condemnation will decline to inspect such articles 
as have no cost price (which may be estimated) given in column 3, 
I'orm No. 1, Inspector General's Department. In the examination 
of inventory and inspection reports division inspectors general will 
note all failures to complete column 3, and will take the necessary 
steps with a view to having the "cost price" inserted by the respon- 
sible officer before the reports are forwarded. (12848, O. 1. G.) 

271. Projierty will not be turned in to depots without authority 
from the head of the staff de])artmeut to which the property per- 
tains, except in the Philippines Division, where such authority may 
be given by the commanding general of the division. The authority 
of heads of staff departments will usually be given in general terms 
in the form of approved memoranda indicating the most advan- 
tageous method of disposing of various classes of unserviceable 
property, which memoranda will serve as guides to division and 
higher commanders and inspectors. (A. R., 922.) 

272. When property ordered "to be turned in to depot"' on the 
recommendation of an inspec-tor is found, upon reeei})t at the depot, 
to be in such condition that it can not be made suitable for issue, 



INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 66 

il iiuiy be destroyed or broken up under such instructions as may 
be given by the head of the department concerned, or by the com- 
manding general, Philippines Division, so far as pertains to property 
turned in to depots at Manila, P. I. (A. R., 922.) 

273. Public property in use will not be reported as unservice- 
able nor condemned by an inspector merely because worn or shabby 
in appearance when really strong and serviceable. (A. R., 923.) 

274. Great care will be taken to prevent property once con- 
demned and ordered dropped from the returns from being again 
presented for inspection. (A. R., 924.) 

275. Inspectors will, when practicable, cause the destruction, 
in their presence, of all property found to be worthless and which 
is without money value at or near the place of inspection, except 
small arms. The action of an inspector on property of this char- 
acter will be final, and his report will be a valid voucher for the 
responsible officer. Inspectors will be held responsible for their 
action in this particular. When property thus condemned is not 
destroyed in the presence of the inspector or a disinterested officer 
representing the inspector, the responsible officer will certify to 
the fact of subsequent destruction in his presence. (A. R., 925.) 
See par. 281, post. 

A certificate that the destruction was "personally superin- 
tended " is not deemed to fulfill the requirement of the regula- 
tion (A. R., 925). The witnessing officer should certify to the fact 
of destruction in his presence. (O. I. G.) 

276. There is no authority for donating unserviceable public 
property, through any action of the Inspector General's Depart- 
ment, to relief committee for the sufferers of the cyclone-swept 
districts of Louisiana. (Indorsement of Inspector General, con- 
curred in by Acting Secretary of War May 8, 1908; 12404, O. I. G.) 

277. Division commanders may give orders, on the reports of 
authorized inspectors, to make such disposition of condemned 
property as the case may require, except public buildings, for 
which the order of the Secretary of War is required. (A. R., 927. ) 
See also par. 279(c) and {d), post, as to cannon, electrical installa- 
tions, etc.; par. 279 (e), post, as to sale of blankets and uniform 
clothing; and par. 287, post, as to temporary buildings. 

278. Orders for the final disposition of condemned property will 
be indorsed by the proper authority on the inspection reports, 
each copy being made complete in itself. (A. R., 929.') 

12969°~12 5 



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INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 



Serving under divi-j" Saleortrans- 
eionor Army corps com-|fer to depot or 
mander. [arsenal. 



279. Disposal of inventory and inspection reports after inspec- 
tion of property: 

Accountable officer. Disposition of InveDtory and inspection reports, 

property rec- 
ommended. 

In duplicate by in.spec- 
tor to division or army 
corps headquarters. After 
approval, both copies are 
sent, through military 
channels, to accountable 
officer. (A. R., 921, 922, 
927, 929.) 

In duplicate by inspec- 
tor directly to Inspector 
General of the Army, by 
whom they are submitted 
through chief of bureau to 
Chief of Staff for action if 
the amount involved ex- 
ceeds $500; or to the chief 
of bureau for action if it 
does not exceed $500. 
After approval both copies 
are sent, through military 
channels, to the account- 
able officer. (A. R., 921, 
929; W. D. O. Nov. 7, 
1905.) 
Serving or not servingl f Inspector delivers both 

under division or Army>All destroyed. jcopies to the accountable 
corps commander. J [officer. (A. R., 921, 925.) 

Exceptions to the foregoing: 

(a) Buildings. — Under A. R., 927, the orders of the Secretary of 
War are required for the final disposition of public buildings; and 
the I. and I. reports, in duplicate, are submitted by the inspector 
through the division commander under whom the accountable officer 
is serving; or forwarded directly by the inspector to the Inspector 
General of the Army if the accountable officer is not serving under 
a division commander. (See par. 287, post.) 



Not serving under di- f Sale or trans- 
vision or Army corpsjfer to depot or' 
commander. [arsenal. 



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67 



All of the copies of the inspec- 
tion report will be forwarded by 
the division commander directly 
to the chief of bureau concerned 
for final action of the Secretary of 
War. (A. R., 928.) 



(b) Valuable property. — If the property be of considerable value, 
and there be good reason to suppose that it can be more advan- 
tageously applied or disposed of elsewhere than within the com- 
mand, the report will be forwarded for the action of the War Depart- 
ment. (A. R., 927.) 

(c) Cannon and their carriages, 
machine, and automatic guns 
with their carriages and mounts, 
but not including spare parts, 
accessories, implements, and 
equipments required in their 
maintenance and operation; also 
ammunition for cannon. 

(d) Electrical and mechanical 
installations and appliances fur- 
nished to the Coast Artillery 
Corps by the Engineer or Signal 
department and forming part of 
the permanent seacoast defenses, 
but not including supplies such 
as wiring, tools, clamps, and bat- 
tery fluid, fragile articles like 
battery cells or jars and carboys, 
or spare parts and accessories not 
essential to the operation of the 
installation, such as battery 
syringes and hydrometers. 

Recommended to be sold at auc- 
tion: All copies of the I. and I. re- 
port must be forwarded for action 
of War Department. (G. O., 186, 
W. D., 1907.) 

Recommended to be shipped to 
quartermaster depot: All copies of 
the I. and I. report must be for- 
warded for action of War Depart- 
ment, unless the accountable offi- 
cer is serving under a department 
or division commander and the 
Quartermaster General has already 
designated a depot. (G. O., 186, 
W. D., 1907.) See pars. 295-297, 



(c) Blankets and articles of 
uniform clothing condemned as' 
unserviceable or obsolete. 



68 INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 

280. Animals. — Public aiiiuials will be inventoried singly, 
with brief description of color, sex, age, and distinguishing marks. 
(A. R., 919.) 

281. Public animals inspected and found unsuited for one 
branch of the service may be transferred to another for which they 
are fitted. When of no further use for any branch of the serxdce 
they will be submitted to an inspector and if condemned sold at 
public auction or destroyed under the following circumstancevs: 
(1) To terminate suffering (from disease or other cause); (2) to pre- 
vent contagion; (3) on account of incurable disease or injury; (4) on 
account of old age, when to sell them for work in the hands of irre- 
sponsible persons would be cruel and cause suffering to the animals. 

Horses assigned to troops of cavalry, batteries of artillery, com- 
panies of the Signal Corps, and mules assigned to the combat trans- 
portation of the Signal Corps, will not be sold or turned in to the 
Quartermaster's Department imless previously acted u])on by an 
inspector, except in the Philippines Division, where the sale of such 
horses may be made to mounted officers, as provided in paragraj)h 
1111, A. R. (A. R., 1089). See par. 1179, post. 

282. "Inspection reports condemning cavalry horses for being 
vicious, unmanageable in ranks, etc., should not be approved 
except in rare instances." (Cir. letter, A. G. O., Sept. 3, 1896.) 

283. "The Secretai'y of War directs that no horses be Inspected 
or condemned in your department miless it is clearly manifest that 
they are entirely unsuited for the service for which they are re- 
quired." (Cir. letter, A. G. 0., June 5. 1900, to division and depart- 
ment commanders.) 

284. Books. — Inspectors general will, at the annual inspection 
of posts, condemn and destroy such library books as may be unserv- 
iceable and worthless. (A. R.. 347.) See par. 180, ante. 

285. Soldier's handbooks, excepting those in hands of enlisted 
men, copies of Drill Regulations, Army Regulations, Small-Arms 
Firing Regulations, manuals and other books of instruction (Govern- 
ment publications) issued to organizations, Avill be accounted for 
on the muster rolls of the organizations. \\Tien lost, worn out, or 
damaged they should be disposed of under Article LIX, A. R., 
1901 (Art. LIV, A. R., 1910), as in case of other Government prop- 
erty. They will not be turned in to the War Department unless 
especially directed. Soldier's handbooks issued to enlisted men 
will be dropped from the muster rolls. (Cir. 2, W. D., 1904.) 

286. Bnildmgs. — Public buildings which have become unserv- 
iceable and can not be kept in repair at reasonable cost, or which 



INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 69 

occupy ground required for new buildings or other improvement8, 
will be entered upon a separate inventory and brought before an 
inspector for his action. (A. R., 919.) 

287. Orders of the Secretary of War are required on inspection 
reports of public buildings. (A. R., 927.) The commanding gen- 
eral, Philijjpines Division, is authorized to give such orders as may 
be necessary on the reports of authorized inspectors to dispose of 
temporary buildings. (Acting Secretary of War, Nov. 8, 1907; 11785; 
O. T. G.) 

288. Submnrine mine property. — Submarine mine property ordered 
by an inspector to be turned in to depot shall be shipped to the 
torpedo depot at Fort Tottcn, N. Y. (G. 0. 86, W. D., 1905.) 

289. In the opinion of this office almost any damaged mine cases 
can be repaired with economy, unless it is one which has not enough 
metal in the flange to permit rewelding, and many of these can be 
sufficiently repaired at the post for use in the annual practice firing. 
It is believed that cases not too badly damaged and not repairable 
at the post should be shipped to the torpedo depot to be repaired. 
(Chief of Coast Artillery, Mar. 31, 1909; 13202, O. I. G.) 

290. At nalional cemeteries. — Held, that under section 1241, 
Revised Statutes, unserviceable tools and materials, which had been 
in use at a national cemetery, could not legally be ordered to be 
sold upon the mere inspection and report of their unserviceableness 
made by the superintendent of the cemetery, but that, as required 
in the section, there must be first an inspection, "by an officer (i. e., 
commissioned officer) designated by the Secretary of War." (D. J. 
A. G., 2281.) 

Quartermaster's property. 

291. Band instruiiients. — \\Tien any band instrument has become 
unserviceable, it will be submitted to a surveying officer. A copy 
of his report will be forwarded to the Quartermaster General with a 
view of having the instrument repaired, if practicable, or otherwise 
disposed of. WTien an instrument needs minor repairs, involving 
only a slight expense, and the work can be done in a workmanlike 
manner in the vicinity of the post, it will not be necessary to submit 
the instrument to a surveying officer. (A. R., 1195.) 

Note. — As a general rule, band instruments are not submitted to 
an inspector imtil they have been transferred to depot and examined 
by experts to determine whether or not they are worth cost of repairs. 
(Q. M. G., Sept. 14, 1907; 11243-D, O. T. G.) 



70 INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 

292. Bedsteads. — The old-pattern bedsteads should not be con- 
demned unless they are absolutely un8er\'iceablo, as the reduced 
condition of the appropriations for clothing and equipage makes it 
impracticable to 8upply bedsteads of new pattern to meet the 
demands. (Recommendation of Quartermaster General, approved 
by Acting Secretary of War Oct. 29, 1907; 11953, O. I. G.) 

293. Clothing. — An inspection report on damaged clothing will 
set forth the amount of damage to each article; also a list of such 
articles as are fit to issue to prisoners, or, at reduced prices, to en- 
listed men willing to receive them. (A. R., 926.) 

294. ^\'hite summer clothing (coat, trousers, and cap) issued to 
members of recruiting parties at general recruiting stations, will be 
submitted to the action of an inspector when no longer fit for service. 
Such clothing will be charged to the enlisted men only in case of 
loss or damage. (A. R., 1183.) 

295. Hereafter, blankets and articles of uniform clothing that 
have been condemned as unserviceable or obsolete will not be sold 
at auction without special authority from the War Department. If 
they are of no value they will be destroyed in the manner prescribed 
in the Army Regulations. If they are fit to be issued to prisoners 
they will be held for that purpose at the place of condemnation, in 
whole or in part, or shij)ped to such quartermaster's depot as may 
be designated by the Quartermaster General for renovation, storage, 
and issue to the United States Military Prison at Fort Leavenworth, 
Kans., or to the Pacific Branch thereof at Alcatraz Island, Cal. 
(G. 0., 186, W. D., 1907.) 

296. The general depot of the Quartermaster's Department, 
Philadelphia, Pa., is designated as the depot to which deserters' 
outer clothing, and such damaged and unserviceable clothing as 
may be designated by inspectors for issue to prisoners, shall be 
transferred under the provisions of A. R., 116, 1908 [A. R., 117, 
1910] (G. 0., 97, W. D., 1910.) 

297. General authority granted for shipment from time to time 
of condemned clothing (articles needed for issue to prisoners in the 
Philippine Islands excepted) from Manila to the San Francisco 
depot of the Quartermaster's Department; but chevrons, hat cords, 
letters, numbers, hat and cap ornaments, leggings, uniform hats, 
coats, flannel shirts, and trousers, which are believed by inspectors 
to be not worth the cost of transportation to the United States for 
sale, are to be destroyed. (Secretary of War, Mar. 24, 1908; 12314, 
O. I. G.) 



INSPECTION OF PROPERTY TOR CONDEMNATION. 71 

298. Odd articles of the uniform, such as shoes, leggings, and 
gloves, will not be submitted for the action of a surveying officer 
or inspector, but will be turned into such depot or depots as may be 
designated by the Quartermaster General, in order that such articles 
may be mated. (G. 0. 51, W. D., 1909.) 

299. Colors. — Service colors and guidons will be submitted for 
the action of an inspector when unfit for further use. (A. R., 239.) 

300. Silken colors, standards, and guidons when unserviceable 
are submitted to action of a surveying officer, but not for action of 
an inspector. (A. R., 239.) 

301. Lavips. — Lamps submitted to an inspector upon I. and I. 
report, it is thought, should, if repairable at reasonable cost, be 
ordered turned in to nearest quartermaster depot. If, in the 
judgment of the inspector, lamps are in such condition that the 
cost of repairs would nearly equal the cost of new lamps, it is thought 
they should be destroyed or ordered sold. 

Surplus and repairable lamps on hand at posts have been ordered 
turned in to depots for repair and reissue, and only such lamps as in 
the opinion of accountable officers are not worth cost of repairs 
are supposed to be submitted to the action of inspectors upon 
I. and I. report. If, however, in the judgment of inspecting officers, 
lamps submitted to them are repairable, as above mfentioned, action 
as suggested should be taken without regard to previous action of 
accountable officers. (Q. M. G., Aug. 17, 1908; 12548, O. I. G.) 

302. Tableware. — A. R., 1194 does not contemplate action of an 
inspector on china and glassware. (See par. 1504, post.) 

Agate and similar tableware should be treated the same as china 
or glassware, namely, that 5 per cent per quarter be allowed for 
breakage, and that it be not submitted for the action of an inspector. 
(Q. M. G., Mar. 2, 1904; 12443, O. I. G.) 

The decision of the Quartermaster General of March 2, 1904 (see 
above), pertains only to breakage of china and glassware at posts. 
Unserviceable china and glassware pertaining to messes on transports, 
mine planters, etc., may be acted upon by an inspector. (Secretary 
of War, June 4, 1908; 12443, O. I. G.) 

303. Silverware (tableware) not to be replated. (Q. M. G., 
Mar. 23, 1894, and May 23, 1910; 14262, O. I. G.) 

304. Trumpets. — Trumpets and cords and tassels are not articles 
pertaining to a band, and should be inspected, if unserviceable, 
without the action of a board of survey (surveying officer) required 
for band instruments. (Q. M. G., Oct. 1, 1901; 12070, O. I. G.) 



72 INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 

305. Typewriting machines. — Authority of the Quartermaster 
General must be obtained for the submission of old and un.service- 
able typewriting machines to the action of an inspector. (Oir. 6, 
Q. M. G. O., Feb. 15, 1906.) 

306. Window shades. — In the judgment of this office the Inspector 
General's Department, in inspecting these shade.'^ for condemnation, 
should be governed by the conditions in each case. Should the 
rollers and brackets be in good condition they certainly should not 
be condemned, since the material for shades can be purchased by 
the yard, and can be installed by any post employee. Should, 
however, the roller be split or the spring broken or weakened the 
rollers should be ((mdcmned. (Q. M. G., May 4, 1909; 13249, 
0. I.G.) 

N ubsistence supplies. 

307. Inventory and inspection reports. — Separate inventories 
will be made for "subsistence property" as distinct from "sub- 
sistence stores." (Directions on Form 1, I. G. D.) 

In the case of rapidly deteriorating sub.«istence stores, inven- 
tories will be prepared whenever necessary, and one copy will 
be forwarded to the commander having authority to appoint an 
inspector. (A. H., 919.) Also see par. 1485, post. 

308. Ovens. — Whenever it becomes necessary to condemn an 
oven, care will be taken to preserve, if possible, all parts that are 
serviceable and that can be used again. Such parts will be taken 
up and accounted for on the returns of the post commissary. (G. O. 
37, W. D., 1910.) 

309. Stores. — Subsistence stores which have deteriorated, but 
are of value for other purposes than human food, will be condemned 
and sold at auction, and prior to the sale the accountable officer will 
cause each can, box, bottle, or other container to be stamped or 
indelibly marked as follows: "Deteriorated military supplies con- 
demned and sold under section 1241, Revised Statutes." Stores 
which have deteriorated to such an extent as to render them without 
value for any purpose whatever will be condemned and d'^stroyed. 
(M. S. D., 130; Cir. 89, W. D., 1908.) See par. 252, ante. 

Instructions as to condemnation and sale of subsistence stores 
when there is danger of heavy loss by the stores deteriorating and 
there is no prospect of such stores being consumed in the near future; 
or when stores have not deteriorated so as to render them unfit for 
human consumption, and are not required in the military service. 
(M. S. D., 129; Cir. 89, W. D., 1908.) 



INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 73 

Medical property. 

310. Damaged or unserviceable medicines, medical books, surgi- 
cal or scientific instruments and appliances, pertaining to the Med- 
ical Department, will not be presented to an inspector for condemna- 
tion until authority for so doing has been obtained from the chief 
surgeon of the division or department. (A. R.., 1510.) 

Note. — The supply tables published in Manual for the Medical 
Department give lists of surgical and scientific instruments and 
appliances. 

311. Medical journals. — In the case of a collection of old medical 
journals at a post, in which the Surgeon General recommended that 
instead of causing the destruction of large numbers of valuable medi- 
cal publications authority be granted to turn them in to such libra- 
ries contiguous to posts where they accumulate as may desire them, 
and in the event that it is not possible to take this action they be 
sold as waste paper rather than destroyed, the following recommen- 
dation of the Judge Advocate General, concurred in by the Acting 
Inspector General, was approved by the Secretary of War, July 11, 
1910: 

■'That, in future cases, a similar submission be made of this class 
(if property with a view to its being acted upon by an inspector; 
such action looking to the sale of the property, if no longer of use 
at the post to which it pertains; if the property is found to be of 
value for medical societies, bids will be submitted in behalf of such 
societies. If none are submitted, bids will probably be submitted 
for the reports, etc., as old paper. In either case the requii-ements 
of section 1241 of the Revised Statutes will have been complied 
with. " (8772-E, O. I. G.) 

312. Medicines .—In a case of certain deteriorated drugs and medi- 
cines inspected and recommended to be sold, the Acting Secretary 
of War, April 2, 1908, authorized their destruction upon the follow- 
ing recommendation of the Surgeon General: 

"It does not seem good morals for the Government to sell medi- 
cines that are unfit for use as such, in the absence of complete power 
to control their ultimate application, even in cases where such sales 
are not within the prohibition of the food and drugs act. Authority 
to destroy these goods is therefore requested. " (9724-H, 1, O. I. G.) 
See par. 252, ante. 

313. Turning in unserviceable property. — It is well known that a 
great deal of medical property which is worthless so far as sale dis- 



74 INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 

poaition is concerned is turned in to depots, * * * and it i-i 
much to be desired that this matter be met by making disposition 
of it at the posts instead of sending it to far-removed supplj- depots. 
(Surg. Gen., June 10, 1910; 12427, 0. I. G.) 

Engineer property. 

314. Boats. — Skiffs or barges of slight cost and not worth the 
expense of caring for them or of transporting them to some other 
locality where they may be of service, should, if of no salable value 
at the place where located and not warranting transportation to any 
other point for sale, be destroyed. (E. R., 514.) 

315. Electrical and mechanical installations and appliances. — The 
following-mentioned property will not be presented for the action 
of an inspector without the authority of the Secretary of War: Elec- 
trical and mechanical installations and appliances furnished to the 
Coast Artillery Corps by the Engineer Department and forming part 
of the permanent seacoast defenses, but not including supplies such 
as wiring, tools, clamps, and battery fluid, fragile articles like bat- 
tery cells or jars, and carboys, or spare parts and accessories not 
essential to the operation of the installation, such as battery syringes 
and hydrometers. (A. R., 928.) See Cir. 14, W. D., 1909, par. 7; 
and par. 279 (d), ante. 

Property which requires this special authority for its submission 
to an inspector will not be on the same inventory and inspection 
report with other property. (Directions on Form 1, I. G. D.) 

316. Electrical machines. — When a part of an electrical machine 
is condemned, it will be preserved and turned over to the nearest 
district engineer officer for repairs or renewal, and will not be thrown 
overboard or destroyed. (Chief of Engineers, approved by Secre- 
tary of War, April 11, 1901; 6310-A, O. I. G.) 

317. Harbor charts. — Harbor charts issued by the Engineer Depart- 
ment which have been presented to a surveying officer, imder the 
provisions of A. R., 682, 1908 (A. R., 689, 1910), and have been 
found unserviceable, or which have been inspected and condemned, 
will not be destroyed, but will be turned into the office of the Chief 
of Engineers for proper disposition. (G. O. 146, W. D., 1909.) 

318. Inventory and inspection reports. — Inventory and inspection 
reports will show the class of works to which engineer property per- 
tains, whether to rivers and harbors, to fortifications, etc. The 
items on any inventory and inspection report should not pertain to 
more than one property return. (E. R., 523.) 



INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 75 

319. River and harbor and fortification property. — The Secretary of 
War, November 4, 1911, approved the following recommendation of 
the Inspector General of the Army, with reference to the inspection 
of unserviceable river and harbor and fortification property for which 
the several district officers of the Corps of Engineers are accountable. 

"That the Chief of Engineers be authorized to cause inspection, 
having in view the condemnation of river and harbor and fortifica- 
tion properly to be made by division engineers, or other suitable 
disinterested engineer officers stationed in the vicinity, when the 
property is of such a character that it can not be disposed of by the 
surveying officer under paragraph 728, A. R. 

"It should be clearly understood that the regulations with respect 
to the examination and condemnation of unserviceable property 
remain in force, except as to the change in the inspecting officer." 
(15202-E, O. I. G.) 

320. The regulations with reference to property accountability, 
as contained in the Army Regulations, were intended to cover ail 
jiublic property under the control of the Secretary of War, whether 
military stores or not. The regulations (and orders) relating to the 
inspection of unserviceable property with a \dew to its condem- 
nation apply, therefore, to public property used in river and harbor 
improvements. (D. J. A. G., 1496.) See par. 319 ante. 

321. WTien any land or other property which has been heretofore 
or may be hereafter purchased or acquired for the improvement of 
rivers and harbors is no longer needed, or is no longer serviceable, 
it may be sold in such manner as the Secretary of War may direct, 
and the proceeds credited to the appropriation for the work for 
which it was purchased or acquired. (Act June 13, 1902; 32 Stat. 
T.., 373.) 

322. Surveying, reconnaissance, or dr(^fting instruments. — Unserv- 
iceable sm'veying, reconnaissance, or drafting instruments have 
generally some salable value and can usually be repaired or utilized 
in part. Such property will be submitted to an inspector with a 
view to being turned in to an engineer depot for repair or final dis- 
position under the provisions of A. R., 915, 1908 [A. R., 922, 1910]. 
(Par. 2, Cir. 14, W. D., 1909.) 

With reference to paragraph 2, Circular 14, W. D., 1909, it is 
requested that, as a general rule, all surveying, reconnaissance, or 
drafting instruments issued to the various organizations of the Army 
that have become unserviceable and are submitted to an inspector 
for his action be ordered turned in to the engineer depot, Washing- 



76 INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 

ton Barracks, D. C, or, if in the Philippines, to the engineer depot, 
Manila, P. I. With the exception of an occasional surveying instru- 
ment that maj- be in the hands of a post engineer officer, these 
articles are so small that they can be shipped through the mails, 
and the cost of transportation is therefore nominal. It is difficult 
to find a sale for one or two of these instruments when they are 
unserviceable, and unless so worthless as to warrant their destruction, 
it would be economy on the part of the Government to repair them, 
or utilize parts thereof. (Chief of Enigneers, June 21, 1909; 13413^ 
O. I. G.) See G. 0., 145, W. D., 1907. 

323. Transportation for inspectors. — The expense for transporta- 
tion to a point not located on a railroad incuiTed by an officer of the 
Inspector General's Department in inspecting unserviceable river 
and harbor material is properly payable from the appropriation for 
the river and harbor work. Engineer officer to provide such trans- 
portation. (3 Comp. Dec, 3; E. R., 270 (j).) 

Ordnance and ordnance stores. 

324. Brass rings, buckles, etc. — When leather or other stores belong- 
ing to the Ordnant e Department are condemned by an inspector 
and ordered destroyed or broken up, all rings, buckles, and other 
trimmings of brass will be cut off by enlisted labor before the prop- 
erty is destroyed and turned in to the post ordnance officer. \\Tien 
a sufficient cjuantity of the brass thus secured shall have accumu- 
lated to justify the cost of transportation, it will be shipped to the 
Rock I.sland Arsenal, 111., for use in new manufactures or as scrap, 
except that in the Philippines Division it will be shipped to the 
Manila ordnance depot. (G. 0. 9, W. D., 1911.) 

Inspectors will state und^ "Remarks" on inventory and inspec- 
tion reports that all rings, buckles and trimmings of brass, on ord- 
nance stores ordered destroyed or broken up, are to be cut off and 
shipped to the Rock Island Arsenal, except in the Philippine Islands, 
where they will be shipped to the Manila depot of the Ordnance 
Department. 

325. Cannon, machine gvMS, cannon ammunition, etc. — The fol- 
lowing-named property will not be presented for the action of an 
inspector without the authority of the Secretary of War: Cannon 
and their carriages, machine and automatic guns, with their car- 
riages and mounts, but not including spare parts, accessories, imple- 
ments, and equipments required in their maintenance and opera- 



INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 77 

tioii; also ammunition for cannon. (A. R., 928.) Such property 
not to be on the same inventory and inspection report with other 
property. (Directions on Form 1, I. G. D.) See par. 279 (c) ante. 

326. Spare parts for seacoast and mobile artillery are not expend- 
able, and will be borne on the property returns irrespective of their 
condition. When damaged or worn out they will be submitted for 
the action of an inspector. (G. O. 182, W. D., 1905.) 

327. Canteens. — Whenever canteens become unserviceable be- 
cause of worn-out covers or lost corks, they wall not be presented 
for condemnation, but will be repaired by the troops. Timely 
requisitions Avill be made on the Ordnance Department for extra 
covers, corks, etc., with v,'hich to repair them. (A. R., 1556.) 

328. Equipments. — Equipments and ordnance stores which are 
strong and serviceable will not be condemned or replaced merely 
because they are unsightly or do not conform to the most recent 
requirements. (A. R., 923; 0. S. M., p. 632.) 

329. Equipments, horse, issued to mounted officers .—Horse equip- 
ments issued by the Ordnance Department to officers below the 
grade of major, required to be mounted, which become unservice- 
able shall be submitted to the action of an officer of the Inspector 
General's Department, and upon his recommendation to that effect 
may be turned in and new articles issued in exchange therefor. 
(A. R., 1542; for the articles which constitute a set of horse equi{)- 
ments see par. 379, po.st.) Also see par. 1497, post. 

330. Equipments, personal and horse. — The following statement, 
showing the considerations that should govern an inspector in order- 
ing the disposition of ordnance property so far as pertains to personal 
and horse equipments, is published for the information and guidance 
of all concerned: 

In general it may be stated that since the supplies furnished for 
repairs are liberal in amount, it is believed that many of the stores 
which are now turned in to arsenals as unserviceable, should be 
retained and repaired in the organizations to which they belong. 
This remark applies more particularly to cavalry and field artillery 
organizations, which, since the establishment of the training school 
for saddlers at the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111., should be 
able to execute satisfactorily a large variety of repair work. 



78 



INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 



The following is a Ik^t of stores showing the disposition that is 
recommended when the stores are placed before an inspector: 

(a) INFANTRY EQUIPMENTS. 



Articles. 



Disposition. 



Bayonet scabbard, model 
of 1905. 



Blanket V)aK 

Blanket-baK coat strap 

Blanket-bag shoulder 
strap. 

Blanket-roll strap 

Canteen 



Retain in service or destroy. 

(The repair of these scabbards is too expensive to 
justify turning them in for this purpose.) ' 



Canteen-haversack strap. . , 



Canteen strap, web . 
Cartridge belt 



Cartridgc-lielt suspenders . 
Cartridge box, McKeever, 
cal. .30. 



Cup, aluminum. 
Cup, tin 



Now ol)Solete; 
iceable. 



turn in to Rock Island Arsenal if serv- 



Repair and retain in service or destroy. 
Do. 

(When canteens can no longer be repaired in the field, 
they are of no use to the arsenals, as new covers, corks 
ancf chains, thread, etc., are issued for making repairs, 
and if turned in on account of rust inside, nothing 
can be done with them.)^ 

Now ol)Solete; turn in to Rock Island Arsenal if serv- 
iceal)le. 

If unserviceable, destroy. 

Retain in service or destroy. Turn in brass fasteners. 

(These cartridge l)clts are purchased from contractors 
and no facilities are on hand at the arsenals for making 
repairs, nor have any repairs ever been made at the 
factory. TI. & II. soap, i cake for each man, is issued 
for cleaning these t)elts.) 

Retain in service or destroy. 
Do. 

(These bo.xes are expensive and those turned in are 
often in such a condition that they could have been 
continued in service.) 

Retain in service or destroy. 

(These cups can not be repaired as they can not be 
soldered.) 

Retain in service or destroy. 

(The cups turned in have "been examined. Some arc 
bent, some have l)een used over a lire, while others 
contain paints, oils, etc. Many are rusted and some 
have ])oon stored in damp places and become rusted 
without unpaikiiig. These cups are not now manu- 
factured, the standard eup being the aluminum.) ^ 

Turn in for rctinning, if otherwise serviceable. 

Retain in service or destroy. Turn in brass parts to 
Rock Island Arstjnal. 

Should as a rule be retained in service or destroyed.* 

' Modified by Cir. 72, AV. D., 1910. so as to provide that bayonet scabbards, 
model of 1005, shall not be condemnecl in case Ihev become defective in the hands 
of organizations because of broken stitching or Vwiaiise of elongated pivots and 
flattened outside washers that will allow the shoulder on the hook to pass the 
stop washers. In the former instance the bayonet .scabbards will be ordered repaired 
with the facilities available in the organizations, and in the latter instance they will 
be ordered turned in to the nearest arsenal for repairs. 

2 Modified by Cir. 51, AV. I)., 1010, so as to provide that canteens that become 
nnser\i(eiil)le in the hands of troops serving in the I'biliiipine Islands and that can 
be repaired shall be turned in to tno Manila Ordnance Depot for repairs. (See also 
par. 325, ante.) 

8 Modified by Cir. 51, W. D., 1910, so as to provide that tin cups and tin meat cans 
that become unserviceable in the hands of troops serving in the Rhilippine Islands 
and that can be repaired shall be turned in to the Manila Ordnance Depot for repairs. 

< See par. 333, post. 



Fork 

Gunsling... 

Haversack. 



INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 

(a) INFANTRY EQUIPMENTS— Continued. 



79 



Articles. 



Disposition. 



Knife. 



Meat can, aluminum. 



Meat can, tin. 



Sliding frog 

Spoon 

Waist lielt 

Waist-belt adapter 



Retain in service or destroy. 

(Knives are frequently turned in for retinning. The 
hlades of the knives are of steel and, if properly cared 
for after issue, are just as serviceable after the tinning 
wears off.) 

Retain in service or destroy. 

(These meat cans, like aluminum cups, can not l)e 
soldered, and the material is rustless. If handles 
should break they can be issued for replacement in 
the field.) 

Retain in service or destroy. 

(Meat cans turned in have been examined. Some are 
bent and some have broken handles. A great per- 
centage of them have been used over a fire and are 
of little value for repairs. Many are rusted from 
damp storage, otherwise serviceable. Tin meat cans 
are not now the service pattern.) i 

Retain in service or destroy. 

Turn in for retinning, if otherwise serviceable. 

[Retain in service or destroy. 

(All brass parts should be cut from old equipments to 
be destroyed and, where a sufficient quantity has 
accumulated, shipped to Rock Island Arsenal, as 

[ now required.) 



(6) CAVALRY EQUIPMENTS. 



Canteen strap, cavalry 


Retain in ser\ice or destroy. 

Same remarks as made with reference to infantry 

cartridge belt. 
Same remarks as made with reference to infantry 

revolver cartridge belt. 
Same remarks as made with reference to this article 

under infantry equipments. 
Retain in service or destroy. 
Do. 


Cartridge belt, revolver 

Cartridge box, McKeever. . . 




Saber belt 


Do. 




Turn in to Rock Island Arsenal for repair, unless badly 

worn, in which case destroy. 
Turn in if broken; if not broken, continue in service. 


Spur 




Retain in service or destroy. 
Do. 


Saber attachment . . 




(Make requisition on Rock Island Arsenal for hooks, 
buttons, etc., required for repairs.) 



(c) ARTILLERY EQUIPMENTS. 



Knapsack Continue in service or destroy. 



' Modified by Cir. 51 , W. D,, 1910, so as to provide that tin cups and tin meat cans 
that become unserviceable in the hands of troops serving in the Philippine Islands 
and that can be repaired shall be turned in to the Manila Ordnance Depot for repairs. 



80 INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 
((f) BAND KQUIPMKN IS. 

Band equipment should be continued in service or destroyed and brass parts sent 
to Rock Island Arsenal, as the equipments are made of enameled leather and are not 
susceptible of repairs. 

(«) HORSE EQUIPMENTS. 



Articles. 



Disposition. 



Bridle 

Bridle, watering 

Bit, curb 

Bit, watering 

Cincha, hair 

Cincha strap 

Coat strap for saddle , 

Currycomb 

Halter chain 

Halter head stall and strap 

Horse brush 

Horse cover 

Lariat 

Lariat strap 

Link 

Nose bag 

Picket pin 

Rifle scabbard 

Saber strap 

Saddle 



Saddlebag. 



Saddle blanket. 



Saddlecloth. 



Stirrup, hooded 
Stirrup strap... 
Surcingle 



Retain in service or destroy except bits, which should 
be sent to Rock Island Arsenal for replating, if other- 
wise serviceable. 
Same remark as made above with reference to bridle. 
If broken destroy; if rusted turn in to Rock Island 

Arsenal for replating. 
Same remarks as made above with reference to bit, curb. 
Retain in service or destroy. 

Do. 
See remarks under saddle. 
Retain in service or destroy. 

Retain in service or turn in to Rock Island .Vrsenal. 
Retain in service or destroy. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Retain in service or turn in to an arsenal, unless the trees 
are badly broken, in which case they should be de- 
stroyed aftpr stripping ott' hardware." 
(With the present .supplies issued by the Ordnance 
Department, it should be possible for tlie organi/.a- 
tion to repair any part of a saddle except the rawhide 
cover for the tree. If for any reason saddles are turned 
in to an arsenal they should, if practicable, be turned 
in complete.) 
Saddlebags are made of bag leather, which leather is not 
included in the list of materials supplied to organiza- 
tions. They shouUl, therefore, be retained in service, 
destroyed, or turned in for repairs, depending on their 
condition. 
Retain in service or turn in to Rock Island Arsenal. 
(The gray saddle blanket is being gradually replaced 
by the new olive drab lilanket under the provisions 
of paragraph 1, Circular, No. 101, War Department, 
December h>, l'.)OH, which reciuires that the gray 
lalankets in the hands of organizations be turned in to 
the post ordnance otTicer in exchange for olive drab 
blankets. Ihiserviceable gray blankets in the hands 
of post ordnance olhcers should be turned in to Rock 
Island Arsenal, where most of them can be used in 
the manufacture of blanket-lined horse covers.) 
When saddlecloths require repairs special authority 
should be requested to turn them m to an arsenal 
where this work can be done. Ifentiroly unserviceable 
they should be destroyed. Saddlecloths when re- 
paired should be returned directly to the offlcer or 
organization. 
Retain in service or destroy. 
Do. 
Do. 



INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 81 

(e) HORSE EQUIPMENTS— Continued. 



■ ' ■ 
Articles. 


Disposition. 


Polo equipment 


Ketaiti in service or turn in to Rock Island Arsenal. 




(The polo saddle can not, as a rule, be satisfactorily 
repaired in the organization; certain parts of the polo 
equipment can, however, and this worlv should be 
done, if possible, with the supplies furnished by the 
Ordnance Department. When repairs of these equip- 
ments are required which can not be made in the 
organization, special request should be made for 
authority to turn them in for repairs. When repaired 
such equipments will be returned to the organization 
directly.) (Cir. 79, W. D., 1909.) 



Note.— The foregoing circular (79, W. D., 1909) does not forbid the making by 
an inspector of a recommendation for the sale of personal and horse equipments. 
It contains statements and suggestions for the consideration of an inspector in mak- 
ing his recommendations and is not understood to be mandatory. (Views of the 
Chief of Ordnance, concuired in by the Acting Inspector General and Secretary of 
War, Sept. 27, 1911; 15439, O. I. O.) 

331. Field Artillery equipment. — Battery and store wagon bodies, 
ammunition chests, and other large parts of artillery equipment, 
Avhich usually contain material that can be again used, even though 
the article as a whole l^e entirely unserviceable, should not be 
destroyed, but should be turned in to an arsenal. (Secretary of 
War, Nov. 29, 1910; 14742, O. I. G.) 

Old black leather artillery harness which has reached the stage 
at which it can no longer be kept in good repair in the battery should, 
upon condemnation, be stripped of all metallic or other parts which 
may be of use and the latter shipped to Rock Island Arsenal. (Chief 
of Ordnance, July 20, 1906: 10995, O. I. G.) Inspectors will state 
under "Remarks" on inventory and inspection reports condemning 
such harness that all metallic or other parts which may be of use 
will be shijjped to the Rock Island Arsenal. 

332. Gas check pads. — Gas check pads pertaining to the breech 
mechanisms of seacoast guns and mortars when condemned as no 
longer satisfactory f(jr service are not worth the cost of transporta- 
tion to an arsenal and should be destroyed. (Secretary of War, 
Aug. 19, 1910; 14501, O. I. G.) 

333. Haversacks.- — Haversacks when merely soiled or greasy must 
not be condemned for that cause, but should be washed at the post. 
Portions of the equipment rendered unserviceable by the loss of 
mmor parts should be repaired at the post. Timely requisition 
should be made for buckles, rings, straps, and the necessary tools 
and materia 1.S for repair. (O. S. M., p. 633.) 

12909°- 12 6 



82 INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 

334. Machine-gun parts. — Barrels chambered for model ir)03 am- 
munition, and graduation strips corresponding with the same ammu- 
nition for the !Maxim automatic machine gun, model of 1904, can 
not be prepared or converted for use with the model 1906 ammuni- 
tion, and should not be turned into an arsenal when presented for 
condemnation. (Chief of Ordnance, Nov. 2, 1910; 14670, 0. I. G.) 

There are no obsolete nozzles for the Maxim automatic machine 
gun, model of 1904, in service, and the extra nozzles issued to the 
machine-gim platoons are for a reserve supply and should not be 
turned in. (Chief of Ordnance, June 16, 1909; 13397, 0. I. G.) 

Pairing pins for Maxim automatic machine guns, model of 1904, 
made in one piece, when broken in service and condemned, will 
not be sold or destroyed, but will be turned in for repair to the 
Springfield Armory, Mass., or to the Manila Ordnance Depot, P. I. 
(A. G. O. Circular Letter, Jan. 13, 1911, to department and division 
commanders; 14670-A, O. I. G.) 

335. Repairs. — Ordinary repairs can usually be made in the com- 
pany or at the post or within the district with the means pro\aded 
for that purpose by the Ordnance Department, ^^^len the repairs 
required can not be thus made, the articles, except small arms, hand 
arms, and personal and horse equipments, will be sent, on the ap- 
proved recommendation of an inspector, to an arsenal designated by 
the Chief of Ordnance. Small arms, hand arms, and personal and 
horse equipments, on the approved recommendation of an inspector, 
will be turned in to the post ordnance officer, who will, when suffi- 
cient stores have accumulated to make an economical shipment, 
send them to an arsenal designated by the Chief of Ordnance. A 
certified extract from the inspection report will accompany the in- 
voice describing the articles as the authority for turning them in to 
an arsenal, or to the post ordnance officer. (A. R., 1559.) 

(For regulations authorizing a division commander, in the absence 
of an inspecting officer, to order the disposition of ordnance and 
ordnance stores which need repairs that can not be made at the poet 
or within the district, see A. R., 1560.) 

336. Sand glasses. — Sand glasses rendered unserviceable will be 
l)resented for the action of an inspector, who will recommend that 
they be turned in to Rock Island Arsenal for repair. (Cir. 47, 
W. D., 1906.) 

337. Small arms, etc. — Small arms found to be unfit for service, 
and hand arms ordered turned in to depot, will first be turiied in to 
the post ordnance officer for economical shipment to an arsenal. 
(X. R., 922; see par. 335, ante.) 



INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 83 

The destruction of small arms by inspectors is prohibited. (A. R., 
925.) 

The most ijeneral definition of the term "Small arms" makes it 
include all portable arms, whether firearms or cutting arms; that is, 
such as do not require a carriage. Although the usage of the Ord- 
nance Department has tended to confine the term to firearms only, 
it is thought that for the purpose of paragraphs 915 and 1572 of the 
Army Regulations (A. R., 922, 925, 1910) the more general defini- 
tion should govern, and that the term should include hand weapons 
of all kinds; that is, rifles, shotguns, pistols, revolvers, sabers, swords, 
bayonets, machetes, and Hospital Corps knives. The small arms 
enumerated above should be turned in to the Springfield Armory, the 
Rock Island Arsenal, or Manila Ordnance Depot, where the necessary 
repairs may be made. (Chief of Ordnance, Dec. 5, 1907; 12062, 
O. I. G.) 

338. The only safe method of determining whether the accuracy 

life of the barrel of the United States magazine rifle, model 1903, is 

ended is by actual firing. A conclusion has been reached that 

rifles which give the following results when fired by an expert 

should be considered serviceable: 

Mean radius. 

At 100 yards 2. 5 inches 

At 200 yards 3. 5 inches 

At 300 yards 5. inches 

At 500 yards 10. inches 

To be obtained by taking the mean radius of a target of ten shots. 
(Acting Chief of Ordnance, May 29, 1911; 15199, O. I. G.) 

339. Wlien small arms are presented for inspection with a view 
to condemnation, strict attention should be paid to A. R., 916 (A. 
R., 923, 1910), which provides: "Public property in use will not be 
reported as unserviceable nor condemned by an inspector merely 
because worn or shabby in appearance when really strong and 
serviceable." (O. S. M., p. 589.) 

340. WTienever the magazine rifles, carbines, or revolvers of 
companies, troops, or batteries have become much worn and in 
need of repairs, and the deterioration is general throughout the 
organization, responsible officers are authorized, with the approval 
of their post commanders, to submit the arms for the action of an 
inspector upon a separate inventory and inspection report. Should 
the inspector recommend that the arms, or a portion of them, be 
turned in for renovation and rebrowning, responsible officers will at 



84 INSPECTION OF PROPERTY FOR CONDEMNATION. 

once make requiaitioii for new anus I'ur their commands, or for such 
number as the inspector has recommended for renovation, and will 
forward with it a copy of the inventory and in8i)ection report, and 
when the new arms are received the old ones will at once be turned 
ill to the armory, arsenal, or depot from which the new ones were 
issued. (G. O. H3, A. G. O., 1900, amended by G. O. 11, A. G. O., 
1903.) 

341. Issued lo colleges, universities, etc. — Instructions governing 
inspection of. (Par. 53, G. O. 231, W. D., 1909; par. 8, Cir. 14, 
W. D., 1908.) 

Signal property. 

Sl^. Electrical and mechanical installations and appliances. — The 
following-mentioned property will not be presented for the action of 
an inspector without the authority of the Secretary of War: Elec- 
trical and mechanical installations and appliance? furnished to the 
Coast Artillery Corps by the Signal Department and forming part of 
the permanent seacoast defenses, but not including supplies such as 
wiring, tools, clamps, and battery fluid, fragile articles like battery 
cells or jars and carboys, or spare parts and accessories not essential 
to the operation of the installation, such as battery syringes and 
hydrometers. (A. R., 928.) See par. 279 (d), ante. 

Property which requires this special authority for its submission 
to an inspector will not be on the same inventory and inspection 
report with other property. (Directions on Form 1, I. G. D.) 

343. Telescopes, telephones, etc. — Telescopes, lield glasses, tele- 
phones, and expensive electrical apparatus of the Signal Corps when 
unserviceable will not be submitted to an inspector for condemna- 
tion without previous authority of the Chief Signal Officer. (A. R., 
1588.) See S. C. M. No. 7, par. 346. 

344. Typewriters. — When a typewriter becomes unserviceable 
to such an extent that it can not be repaired locally for $15, the 
responsible officer should report the fact to the Chief Signal Officer 
of the Army, giving the name of the maker and the serial number of 
the typewriter, together with a statement of the necessary repairs. 
(S. C. M. No. 7, par. 361.) 

345. Issued to colleges, universities, etc. — Unserviceable, to be 
inspected as indicated in paragraphs 879 and 1546, Army Regula- 
tions, 1895 (pars. 919 and 1588, A. R., 1910), by the inspectors who 
inspect the military departments of the colleges, etc. (Secretary of 
War, Feb. 18, 1898; 3182, O. I. G.) See S. C. M. No. 7, par. 313. 



AMMUNITION. 85 

AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS. 

346. That the said American National Red Cross shall on the 1st 
day of January of each year make and transmit to the Secretary of 
War a report of its proceedings for the preceding year, including a 
full, complete, and itemized report of receipts and expenditures of 
whatever kind, which report shall be duly audited by the War 
Department, and a copy of said report shall be transmitted to Con- 
gress by the War Department. (Sec. 6, act approved Jan. 5, 1905; 
83 Stat. L., 599.) 

Audit assigned to the Inspector General's Department. (Secre- 
tary of War. Oct. 20, 1906; 11144, O. I. G.) 

34:7. Hereafter the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to detail 
an officer of the Medical Corps to take charge of the first-aid depart- 
ment of the American Red Cross. (Act Mar. 3, 1911; G. O. 45, 
W. D., 1911, p. 9.) 

348. Sales of ordnance stores are authorized to the American 
National Red Cross under such regulations as may be prescribed by 
the Secretary of War. (Act Mar. 3, 1909; 35 Stat. L., 750.) 

AMMUNITION. 

349. Allowances. — Annual allowances of small arms and gun 
ammunition are fixed in orders from the W^ar Department. Latest 
orders: G. O. 12 and 22, W. D., 1911. (For service of supply of 
ammunition in the field, see F. S. R., 217-227.) 

350. Blank ammunition. — For saluting purposes and morning and 
evening gun. (G. 0. 22, W. D., 1911, par. 22.) Instructions rela- 
tive to preparation of blank ammunition. (G. O. 22, W. D., 1911, 
par. 23.) Marking of blank metallic ammunition. (W. D., G. O. 
203, 1907, and 22, 1911, par. 23, i.) Monetary allowance of blank 
ammunition for small arms. (G. 0. 12, W. D., 1911.) 

351. Dull primers, when to be used, allowance, etc. (D. R. C. A., 
346; G. 0. 22, W. D., 1911, par. 6.) 

352. Explosives. — Instructions for the care, storage, handling, and 
inspection of explosives, including detonators, dynamite, explosive 
D, fuses and primers, gun cotton, filled and fused projectiles, etc. 
(D. R. C. A., 899-983.) 

A copy of the general instructions as to storage and handling of 
explosives (D. R. C. A., 899-915) is required to be hung in a con- 
venient place in every magazine containing exjMosive. (D. R. C. A., 
916.) 

Information relative to high explosives, ((iuimery and Explosives 
for I'^ield Artillerv Officers.) 



86 AMMUNITION. 

353. Field kit. — Ammunition to be carried in the field belt per 
man: Armed with the rifle, 90 rounds rifle ball cartridges; armed 
with the revolver, 20 rounds revolver ball cartridges. (F. S. R., 
221, 224.) WTien combat is imminent 60 rounds of rifle and 20 
rounds of revolver ammunition are carried in the .saddle bags of 
each cavalryman. (F. S. R., 224.) 

354. Guard cartridges. — Ordnance officers of posts will keep on 
hand at all times a supply of guard cartridges, caliber .30, not to 
exceed 10 rounds per man stationed at post, for Issue to post guards 
and for such other purposes as may be necessary. This ammunition 
is not subject to expenditure for target practice. (G. 0. 48, A. G. O., 
1903.) Also see G. O. 12, W. D., 1911, Par. I, sec. 7. 

355. Powder. — Information relative to powder. (Cir. 16, W. D., 
1904; C. A. M. 8, W. D., 1910; G. O. 22, W. D., 1911; also "Artillery 
Notes, No. 16, Mar. 4, 1904"; the Coast Artillery Drill Regulations; 
Gunnery and Explosives for Field Artillery Officer.-i.) 

Smokeless powder charges are supplied to forts in hermetically 
sealed cases and shall be opened only in accordance with War 
Department instructions. (D. R. C. A., 969.) Instructions as to 
storage, care, inspections, etc., of smokeless powder. (D. R. C. A., 
969-979.) Smokeless powder will not be used for blank charges, 
and will not be exposed to the direct rays of the sun. (G. 0. 22. 
W. D., 1911, p. 13, and par. 5, 1.) 

Unle-^s there are instructions to the contrary the charges to be 
used during each target season will be taken from those lots of powder 
of earliest date of manufacture on hand in the artillery district, no 
matter whether they be marked for reserve or for target practice, 
(G. O. 22, W. D., 1911, par. 5, b.) 

Powder of the same lot shall be used for each series of shots from 
a battery, including trial shots. (D. R. C. A., 663.) 

Powder marked for one caliber or piece must not be used for any 
other caliber or piece of different chamber capacity. (D. R. C. A., 
664.) 

In any case in which poor practice is believed to have been caused 
by defective powder a special detailed report shall be made to the 
Chief of Ordnance through military channels. (D. R. C. A., 665.) 

Black powder must never be stored with other explosives. (D. R. 
C. A., 911.) 

356. Projectiles.— Q\Q2t.m.ng: Projectiles shall be cleaned carefully 
before being inserted in the bore, lubricant removed, and the bour- 
relet^ freed of paint. (D. R. C. A., 666.) 

Marking of projectile-. (G. O. 5 and 89, \V. D.. 1907.) 



AMMTINITION. 87 

The last paragraph of G. O. 89, W. D., 1907, requires officers 
having charge of armor or deck-piercing projectiles to see that all 
marks of identification are promptly renewed when effaced or 
rendered illegible, which would require not only the lot numbers 
to be renewed when necessary, but also the projectiles to be 
repainted with the distinctive colors showing the type of projectile. 
These distinctive colors are described in Ordnance Phamphlets 
Nos. 1868 and 1877. (Chief of Ordnance, Dec. 29, 1909; 13799, 
O. I. G.) 

In view of the importance of having the lot numbers on the pro- 
jectiles in a permanent form, armament officers will be instructed 
to have them stamped in small figures on the bands. (Chief of 
Ordnance, Mar. 31, 1910; 13600, O. I. G.) 

Distinguishing marks for shrapnel for 3-inch field gun, powder- 
charged shell, and high-explosive shell. (G. O. 110, W. D., 1907.) 

Painting of projectiles. (Gir. 43, A. G. O., 1902; D. R. C. A., 880.) 

In case the magazines or galleries in which the projectiles are 
stored are wet, the projectiles will be slushed after painting. (G. O. 
22, W. D., 1911, par. 4, c.) 

Storing and piling of projectiles: When stored in magazines 
after removal from the wooden packing boxes, projectiles will be 
placed on skids or rails in such a manner that the rotating band 
does not support the weight of the projectile. If necessary to pile 
projectiles, the layers will be separated from each other by a wooden 
frame, in such a manner that the rotating bands do not support any 
weight. Proper precautions will be taken to see that rotating bands 
are not burred or deformed in handling. (G. O. 22, W. D., 1911, 
par. 4, c.) Projectiles will always be piled with points to the wall 
and base out, so that they may be easily inspected and fused. (Cir. 
43, A. G. 0., 1902; D. R. C. A., 878.) 

357. Steel projectiles with or without bursting charge of high 
explosive issued to the seacoast fortifications as part of their reserve 
ammunition will not be used in target practice or other firinga 
without special authority. (G. 0. 92, W. D., 1904.) 

358. Method of repairing and altering dummy projectiles to 
prevent sticking during drill. (Artillery Bulletin No. 60 (serial 
No. 71), Aug. 7, 1909.) 

359. Reserve supply of small-arms ammunition per man (author- 
ized strength), to be kept on hand at all times, is: 180 rounds rifle 
ball cartridges; 40 rounds revolver ball cartridges. (Secretary of 
War, Aug. 10, 1907; 12646, 0. I. G.) 



88 AMMUNITION. 

360. Expenditure of ammunition. (A. R., 1550-1553.) 

361. WTiere hunting for large game is practicable the men will 
be encouraged to hunt, and for this purpose company commanders 
may permit their men to purchase cartridges, if the supply war- 
I'ants it, such sales to be accounted for on the returns of ordnance. 
(A. R., 365.) 

362. Frequent inspections will be made by company command- 
ers to see that no cartridges are lost; and if any soldier can not 
satisfactorily account for all his ammunition he will he disciplined 
in addition to being charged with the cost of the loss. Special care 
will be taken not to have cartridges left where unauthorized per- 
sons entering barracks might steal them. (G. O. 26, Philippines 
Division, 1906.) The precautions taken are fairly subject to in- 
quiry of inspectors elsewhere than in the Philippines. (0. I. G.) 

363. Th<>re is nothing in regulations warranting the conclusion 
that it is forbidden to store small-arms ammunition in company 
store or property rooms, and unless there is some special and ex- 
ceptional condition existing making it dangerous, the fact that 
such ammunition is stored in a company storeroom should not be 
reported as a "defect" by an inspector. (Secretary of War, Sept. 
14, 1908; 12505, 0. I. G.) 

364. Original packages containing blank cartridges — procedure 
when first opened. (G. O. 182, AV. D., 1905.) 

ANNUAL UEI'ORTS. 

365. Of division inspectors general. (A. R., 897.) See par. 17, 
ante. 

366. Of division commander. (A. R., J9i; G. O., A. G. O., 89, 
1901, and 47, 1902; Cir. M, W. D., July 7, 1910.) 

367. Of chiefs of bureaus. (G. 0., A. G. 0., 89, 1901, and 47, 
1902; W. D. Cir. B, Jan. 30, 1906; Cir. G, Apr. 27, 1906; and Cir. 
M, July 7, 1910.) 

368. In order that the Chief of Staff may effectively exorcise 
the coordinating and supervisory authority, vested in him by 
statute, the annual reports of division and department command- 
ers and bureau chiefs, as well as the annual reports of the Super- 
intendent of the Military Academy, the service schools, and other 
subordinate commanders, will be submitted to him for the con- 
sideration of the Secretary of War prior to publication. (G. 0. 
68, W. D., 1911.) 



ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS. 89 

For commissioned officers. 

369. Arms ami equipments for officers are prescribed in Uniform 
Regulations. 

List of arms and equipments that are required to be in possession 
of officers. (U. R., pp. 54, 55.) For the purpose of inspection the 
whole equipment may be required. (U. R., p. 54.) 

For articles that officers may draw from the Ordnance Department 
for their official use, see A. R., 1544. For horse equipments issued 
to officers below the grade of major, required to be mounted, see par. 
379, post. 

370. All officers will provide themselves with the arms and per- 
sonal and horse equipments pertaining to their rank and duty, and 
maintain them thoroughly neat and ser\aceable. (U. R., 36.) 

371. It is the duty of the district commander, Coast Artillery 
Corps, not only to inspect and verify the equipment of officers on duty 
in his district, but to see that they provide themselves with the 
articles prescribed. (Secretary of War, Mar. 23, 1910; 13990, O. I. G.) 
For inspection and verification of arms and equipments of officers by 
post, regimental and other commanders, see pars. 1070-1072, post. 

372. The officer's saber is attached to the left side of the saddle, 
except when in full dress or unless otherwise directed. (C. D. R., 
276.) 

373. In the field dismounted officers will wear the pistol instead 
of the saber. (U. R., 97.) 

374. The blanket will not be carried on the saddle by officers 
merely for purposes of inspection. (U. R., 88.) 

375. The sale of signal equipments to officers is authorized by 
A. R., 1586. (For information as to field glasses and their purchase 
by officers from the Signal Corps, see G. O. 178, W. D., 1910, 
amending pars. 481 and 482, Signal Corps Manual No. 7, 1909.) 

376. The field glass of the visual-signal outfit issued to each 
company of infantry, coast artillery, and Philippine Scouts, troop 
of cavalry, and machine-gun platoon is not issued for the personal 
use of an officer, and will not be used in lieu of the officer's personal 
field glass. (G. O. 16, W. D., 1910; U. R., ]). 41.) 

377. A clothing roll for the use of officers will be kept on hand by 
the Quartermaster's Department for sale to them. (Cir. 3, W. D., 
1910; U. R., p. 54.) 



90 ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS. 

A canvas bucket uud a cauvaa basiu iur the use of officern, will be 
kept on hand by the Q. M. Dept.for sale to them. (G. 0. 136, 
W. D., 1911.) 

Officers' canvas bedding rolls, for use in the field, will be kept on 
hand by the Quartermaster's Department for sale to officers. (Cir. 
22, W. D., 1909; U. R., p. 54.) Also see under "Baggage," p. 112. 

378. Officers' equipment for small-arms range practice. (Para. 
92 and 96, Prov. S. A. F. M.) 

379. The following articles will constitute a set of horse equip- 
ments for issue to officers below the grade of major, required to be 
mounted, pursuant to the act approved May 11, 1908: 1 curb bridle, 
officer's, model of 1909; 1 halter headstall; 1 halter strap; 1 saddle, 
officer's (McCIellan or ^Tiitman); 1 currycomb; 1 horse brush; 
1 link; 1 lariat; 1 lariat strap; 1 nosebag; 1 picket pin; 1 saddlebags; 1 
saddle blanket; 1 surcingle; 1 pair spurs, officer's; 1 pair spur straps, 
officer's, russet; 1 pair spur straps, officer's, black; 1 pair saber straps, 
officer's, russet; 1 saddlecloth, service (with insignia); 1 horse cover, 
or horse-cover blanket lined. If an officer below the grade of major 
provides himself with two suitable mounts, one additional halter 
headstall and halter strap, and one additional horse cover, or horse- 
cover blanket lined, may be issued to him. (G. O. 239, W. D., 1909, 
modified by G. 0. 47, W. D., 1911.) 

380. Disposition to be made of the dark-blue saddlecloths issued 
under A. R., 1542, 1910. (G. O. 69, W. D., 1911.) 

381. In view of probable changes in horse equipments that may 
be made as a result of the work of the cavalry eqiiipment board, 
the provisions of paragraph 1-542, Army Regulations, which require 
an officer to whom horse equipments have been issued to turn them 
in on promotion to field rank, are waived. Such officers will be 
allowed to retain their equipment and account for it as heretofore 
until such time as the new equipment is available for sale. (Cir. 
Letter, W. D., A. G. O., July 5, 1911; 15317, O. I. G.) 

In view of the anticipated adoption of horse equipments of a 
new design as a result of the recommendations of the cavalry equip- 
ment board, all officers of field rank, who, for any cause maj' not be 
provided with serWceable horse equipments at the present time, 
will be granted the privilege of drawing one set of horse equipments 
from the Ordnance Department, and will be allowed to retain them 
until such time as the new equipments are available for sale. (Cir. 
Letter, W. D., A. G. O., Sept. 6, 1911; 15317— A, O. I. G.) 

382. Majors of Philippine Scouts are not entitled to the issue of 
horse equipments imder the provisions of the act approved May 11, 



ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS. 91 

1908. (Secretarj^ of War, Nov. 29, 1910; Cir. 3, Dept. of the Virfayas, 
1911.) 

383. Issue of horse equipments for a dismounted officer while 
temporarily detailed on mounted duty for which he does not receive 
mounted pay. (Cir. 7, W. D., 1907.) 

For enlisted men and organizations. 

384. The arms and equipments for United States troops are pre- 
scribed in G. O. 23, W. D., 1906, and the following orders, etc., 
amending or modifying same: 

Field Artillery: Arms and equipments of enlisted men, horae 
equipments, and method of packing and transporting the service 
kit, light and horse batteries. (W. D. G. O. 114, 142, 1909; 206, 
1910.) Bolo and sheath prescribed for each enlisted man of a 
mountain battery. (G. O. 172, W. D., 1908.) See par. 416, post. 

Machine-gun platoon, or machine-gun company. (W. D. G. O. 
172, 1908; 149, 1910.) 

Provisional machine-gun troop. (G. O. 149, W. D., 1910.) 

Engineers, master gunners, and firemen, Coast Artillery Corps. 
(G. O. 255, W. D., 1907.) See G. O. 233, W. D., 1909, as to the arms 
and equipments which post noncommissioned staff and noncommis- 
sioned staff officers (except sergeants major) of the Coast Artillery 
Corps are required to have in their possession. 

Hospital Corps. (G. O. 149, W. D., 1910.) 

Field kit: Slicker prescribed for mounted troops instead of poncho. 
(G. O. 108, W. D., 1908, p. 1, and subsequent annual clothing price 
lists.) Housewife issued by the Subsistence Department to each 
squad, to be packed in the surplus kit bag (A. R. 1237, sec. 11; G. O. 
147, W. D., 1911.) See par. 353, ante, as to change from G. O. 23, 
\V. D., 1906, in number of rounds of ammunition to be carried. 

Surplus kit: One extra pair of shoe laces and one sweater added. 
(G. O. 147, W. D., 1911.) 

385. When under arms, every enlisted man will carry the arms 
pertaining to his grade and branch of service. (U. R., p. 50.) 

386. WTien attached to the saddle, the rifle will be habitually 
carried on the left side of the saddle, barrel up, and the saber on the 
right side of the saddle. This rule will also apply when either arm 
isused alone. (C. D. R., 276.) 

387. In the field dismounted noncommissioned staff officers will 
wear the pistol instead of the saber. (U. R., 97.) 

388. Revolvers do not constitute part of the habitual equipment 
of sergeants of infantry, coast artillery, engineers, and ordnance, 



92 ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS. 

either in garristm or in the field, but are kept on hand in the com- 
pany for issue when required. (G. 0. 23, \V. D., 1906.) 

389. Until the infanlry equipment, model 1910, is issued, first 
sergeants of infantry, and of troops armed an infantry, will be 
armed with the revolver only. (G. O. 1G4, W. D., 1911.) 

390. The school detachments provided for in G. O. 118, W. D., 
1909, as amended by G. O. 25, W. D., 1910, are regarded as organi- 
zations not armed with the rifle within the meaning of ])aragraph 
1365, Army Regulations, 1908, as amended by G. O. 21, W. D., 
1009 |A. r' 1368, 1910]. (("ir. 33, W. D., 1910.) 

391. Equipment to be carried by the soldier in small-arms range 
practice. (Pars. 92 and 216, Prov. S. A. F. M.) 

392. It is not necessary that rifles be carried by members of 
machine-gun platoons during machine-gun drill. (Secretary of War, 
Sept. 13, 1909; 12098, O. I. G.) 

393. The bolo and scabbard are prescribed for enlisted men of a 
mountain battery, machine-gun platoon, and machine-gun com- 
pany or troop. (W. D. G. O. 172, 1908; 149, 1910.) The bolo will 
be worn on the person, suspended from the waist belt on the left 
side. (G. O. 172, W. D., 1908.) 

Ten bolos and scabbards are required as part of the equipment of 
each troop, battery, and company of engineers, Signal Corps, and 
infantry serving in the Philippines division, and 40 bolos for each 
company of Philippine Scouts. (G. O. 1, P. D., 1909. par 282.) 

394. (Viast artillery enlisted men turned out for inspection will 
not be provided with either field or surplus kits as such, except in 
immediate preparation for active dtity in the field as infantry when 
specifically designated for such duty by orders from the War Depart- 
ment. In the latter case they will draw intrenching tools, but at 
other times they will not be provided with them. (Secretary of 
War, June 9, 1906; 10821, O. I. G.) 

395. Blanket roll: How made up. (C. D. R., 189; I. D. R. (1904), 
486; horse and light artillerymen, G. 0. 142, W. D., 1909.) Articles 
to be carried. (G. O. 23, W. D., 1906, amended by W. D. G. O. 108, 
1908, and 142, 1909.) How carried on saddle. (U. R., 88.) 
Infantry equipment pack. (1. D. R. of 1911, 747.) 

396. Personal equipments, how worn or carried: Canteen (U. R., 
63); fork (U. R., 87); haversack (U. R., 77); knife (U. R., 87); meat 
can (U. R., 87); spoon (U. R., 87); tin cup (U. R., 111). 

397. Surplus kit bags: Allowance; articles to be carried; how 
packed and marked. In garrison the bags are to be kept jiacked 
and stored habituallv in the storeroom of the organization. In the 



ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS. 93 

field when not on the wagon the bag will bo kept habitually at the 
lent of the squad leader, who is responsible for its condition and will 
wayjervise packing and unpacking. (G. O. 147, W. D., 1911; U. R., 
102, 110.) 

398. Orderlies will wear side arms. In garrison musician order- 
lies will wear only the belt; with the dress or full-dress uniform they 
will wear white gloves. (U. R., 30.) 

399. Equipments for mounted orderlies of infantry regiments, 
(G. O. 186, W. D., 1906; W. D. Ch. 8, 1907; 76, 1909.) 

400. Machine-gun platoon: Gun equipment, range finders, pack 
outfit, tools, etc. (G. O. 113, W. D., 1906; Pamphlet No. 1770, 
Handbook of the Maxim Automatic Machine Gun, issued by Ord- 
nance Department.) High-power field glass. (Cir. 43, W. D., 
1909.) Visual signaling outfit. (G. O. 16, W. D., 1910.) For arms 
and equipments of the men, see pars. 384, 393, ante. 

401. The Ordnance Department mil supply on requisition two 
telescopic musket sights, model of 1908, to each troop of cavahy and 
company of infantry that is equipped with the United States maga- 
zine rifle, model of 1903. Instructions as to their issue to two expert 
riflemen, reporting excesses or deficiencies in the authorized allow- 
ance thereof, supervision of redistribution by the department com- 
mander, etc. (G. 0. 206, W. D., 1909.) 

402. Four gallery practice rifles and 100 holders are allowed to 
each organization. ' (G. O. 12, W. D., 1911.) 

One United States magazine rifle, fitted with Maxim silencer, 
will be issued without requisition to each company of infantry, 
engineers, coast artilleiy, and signal corps, and to each troop of 
cavalry, for use in the instruction of recruits in target practice. 
(G. O." 166, W. D., 1910.) 

403. For use in guarding prisoners confined at military posts the 
service rifles and guard cartridges are used; but for the United States 
Military Prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. ; for the Pacific Branch, 
I'nited States Military Prison, Alcatraz Island, Cal., and for the 
prison guard at Fort William McKinley, Rizal, P. I., repeating shot- 
guns are provided. (G. 0. 12, W. D., 1911.) 

404. Shotguns for hunting purposes will be issued only to troops 
stationed in Alaska. (G. O. 81, W. D., 1908.) 

405. United States magazine rifles, caliber .30, model 1903, may 
be used in swimming or wall-scaling exerci.'^es, but company com- 
manders will be held responsible therefor. The rifles will be care- 
fully prepared for swimming exercises by the use of plenty of oil, 
cosmoline, or other suitable substance, and after each swimming 



94 ARMS AND EttUIPMENTS. 

exercise will be carefully cleaned and dried. In the wall-scaling 
exercise the rifle will not be thrown from the wall, but will be taken 
from the top of the wall to the ground on the person of the eoldier 
to whom it belongs in such a manner as to be ready for immediate 
use on reaching the ground. (G. O. 43, W. D., 1911.) 

406. The Ordnance Department will issue on requisition one sub- 
target gun machine to each squadron of cavalry and battalion of 
infantry, and not to exceed 10 recording rifle rod outfits for small 
arms sighting and aiming instruction to each troop of cavalry and to 
each company of infantry, coast artillery, engineers, and signal 
corps. (Cir. 15, W. D., 1909.) 

407. The Ordnance Department will issue on requisition "Per- 
fection target spotters," as follows: To each company of infantry, 
troop of cavalry, and company of engineers, 8 for target A, 8 for 
target B, and 4 for target C, and to each company of coast artillery, 
10 for target A. (G. O. 16, W. D., 1910.) 

408. One Weldon range finder, with 60-foot steel tape and 4 
aiming devices, will be issued to each company of infantry and 
engineers and to each troop of cavalry. (G. 0. 104, W. D., 1906.) 

409. The blacksmith's tools that are now authorized for issue to 
a machine-gun platoon will be issued by the Ordnance Department 
for the use of the noncommissioned staff and band of each caA^alry 
and field artillery regiment. (Cir. 76, W. D., 1908.) 

410. Identification tag is to be worn by each oflScer and enlisted 
man, suspended from the neck underneath the clothing, whenever 
the field kit is worn. At other times it will be habitually kept in 
the possession of the owner. Tags and tapes are furnished gratu- 
itously by the Quartermaster's Department to enlisted men and at 
cost price to officers. Steel dies for stamping tags are furnished by 
the Ordnance Department. (G. O. 204, W. D., 1906; Cir. 45, \V. D., 
1907; U.R.,78.) The foregoing instructions do not apply to recruits 
before their assignment to organizations, to members of recruiting 
parties at general recruiting stations, or to members of permanent 
parties at general recruit depots. (Cir. 33, W. D., 1909.) 

411. The Ordnance Department will furnish, upon requisition, 
leather waist belt adapters for use with waist belts and bayonet 
scabbards. (Cir. 31, W. D., 1907.) 

412. Saber belts for members of bands to be of enamel leather of 
color of corps or arm of service. (U. R., 6.) 

413. Saber belts and cartridge-carrying devices, when worn with 
the overcoat, will be worn outside the overcoat. (U. R., 59 (e).) 



ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS. 95 

414. Belts for enlisted men on duty at general recruiting stations 
and when to be worn. (U. R., 38, 59 (f).) 

415. Tentative method of holding and adjusting the reins of the 
bit and bridoon prescribed for such organizations as are equipped 
with same, and for individual officers who have provided themselves 
with the type of double bridle furnished by the Ordnance Depart- 
ment. (G. O. 146, W. D., 1906.) 

416. Snaffle bits will hereafter be used on draft horses of field 
artillery, except on such animals as may be unmanageable without 
the curb bit. In addition to the snaffle bits issued with the harness, 
20 curb bits for each battery will constitute the regular allowance 
for use with draft horses, and this allowance will not be exceeded 
except upon approved requisitions setting forth the necessity for 
the issue. (G. O. 114, W. D., 1909.) 

417. Cavalry saddle: how packed, articles carried, etc. (C. D. 
R. 190; W. D. G. O. 23, 1906; U. R., 69, 87, 88, 94.) 

418. In garrison, the signal "To horse" will not include packing 
the saddle unless specially directed, but in the field, "To horse" 
will include packing the saddle in accordance with paragraph 465, 
Cavah-y Drill Regulations. (W. D. dec, Jan. 21, 1911; 14903, O. 
I. G.) 

419. Saddle blankets, before being folded and put in the store- 
room after use, will be dried thoroughly. When in constant use they 
will be washed at least once a month and will be folded so that the 
side next to the horse will be changed frequently. (Cir. 47, W. D., 
1909.) 

420. A set of articles of equipment furnished by the Ordnance 
Department will be kept in the office of the chief of ordnance of 
every territorial division. (U. R., 45.) 

421. Enlisted men will not take their arms apart except by 
permission of a commissioned officer under proper supervision, 
and only in the manner prescribed in the descriptive pamphlet 
of the arm issued by the Ordnance Department. (A. R., 292.) 

422. Company commanders should exercise a careful super- 
vision of all dismounting and assembling of the magazine rifle, 
particularly in cases where any part is injured. The authorized 
dismounting and assembling by the soldier, described in the rules 
for the management of the rifle, should be confined to what is neces- 
sary only for instruction under proper supervision, or for the neces- 
sary cleaning of the arm. (G. O. 21, A. G. O., 1895.) 

423. The use of tompions in small arms is forbidden. (A. R., 
292.) 



96 ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS. 

424:. Attempts to beautify or change the finish of arms is for- 
biddeu, but the application of raw linseed oil to the wood parta 
is allowed. (A. R., 292.) 

The use of any cleaning or preserving material in the care and 
preservation of service arms, other than that furnished by the 
Ordnance Department for the purpose, is strictly prohibited. (Cir. 
37, W. D., 1910.) 

425. Instructions for the care, cleaning of bore, etc., of the United 
States magazine rifle, caliber .30, model of 1903. (Cir. 37, W. D., 
1910.) 

426. Officers inspecting troops should not require small arms 
to be free from oil. (Cir. 12, W. D., 1905.) 

427. Equipments, how marked. (A. R., 257, 295; Cir. 86, W. D., 
1907.) Battalion and squadron identification marks for trunk lock- 
ers. (G. O. 186, W. D., 1910.) See also par. 448, post. 

428. Articles will not be marked with the number of the men 
in the Hospital and Signal Corps, except the articles issued to men 
assigned to field companies of the Signal Corps. (A. R., 295.) 

429. Gun and carriage equipment for field artillery. (W. D. 
G. O. 162, 1904; 131, 1907; 72, 216, 1910; Ordnance Department 
pamphlets No. 1659, Handbook of the 3-inch Field Artillery Mate- 
rial; No. 1771, Handbook of the 4.7-inch Gun Material, model 1906; 
and No. 1761, Description of the 2.95-inch Mountain Gun, Carriage, 
and Pack Outfit.) 

430. Fire-control equipment for field artillery: Supplied by the 
Ordnance Department. (G. O. 96, W. D., 1906, par. 1.) By the 
Signal Corps. (G. O. 159, W. D., 1911.) 

431. Previous to drills, inspections, and ceremonies the field 
glasses, watches, and compasses prescribed for field artillery by G. O. 
159, W. D., 1911, will be issued to the personnel mentioned in that 
order and form part of their equipment. After the drills, inspet;- 
tions, and ceremonies the field glasses, watches, and compasses will 
be turned in to the officer charged with the care of these articles. 
(G. O. 159, W. D., 1911.) 

432. Equipment for an Engineer company furnished by the 
Engineer Department. (E. R., 543.) 

433. Allowance of reconnaissance instruments anil other engi- 
neer equipments furnished by the Engineer Department to organi- 
zations and posts. (G. O. 73, W. D., 1907, amended by G. O. 61 
and 145, 1909; G. O. 221, W. D., 1907, modified by G. O. 8 and 59, 
W. D., 1910.) 

434. The allowances of engineer equipments authorized by G. O. 
221, W. D., 1907, are for field service in peace and war, and should 



ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS. 97 

be kept on hand and as nearly intact as practicable at all times. 
(Par. 3, G. O. 221, W. D., 1907.) 

435. Ordinarily no engineer equipment will be furnished to 
companies of seacoast artillery. Should extraordinary circum- 
stances compel the use of this arm as a mobile force, the prescribed 
allowance for the corresponding mobile arm will be allotted to the 
companies so employed. (Par. 3, G. O. 221, W. D., 1907.) 

436. The issue of reconnaissance instruments to companies of the 
Coast Artillery Corps shall only be made when such companies are 
designated for duty as infantry. (G. O. 51, W. D., 1909.) 

437. No separate engineering outfit, except reconnaissance 
outfits and odometers, will be furnished to the field artillery, but 
the general equipment of implements and tools to be furnished to 
the batteries by the Ordnance Department will serve in lieu thereof. 
(Par. 3, G. O. 221, W. D., 1907.) 

438. Commanding officers will see that the organizations under 
their command are at all times fully supplied with the engineer 
reconnaissance equipment prescribed in orders of the War Depart- 
ment, that the equipment is in good order and repair, and that 
selected oflficers and enlisted men are instructed in its use. (A.R., 
456.) 

439. Equipment for the Medical Department — report of joint 
board of medical officers of the Army and Navy, approved by the 
Secretary of War. (G. O. 84, W. D., 1906.) See M. M. D. 

440. Field hospitals and ambulance companies. (M. M. D., 152.) 

441. When ambulance companies are organized, there will be 
issued to the commanding officer of each such company, upon 
requisition — 

12 revolvers, caliber .38, model 1903, 

12 boxes, cartridge, revolver, caliber .38, 

12 holsters, revolver, Colt, caliber .38, 
and the requisite number of cartridges, ball, caliber .38, for use 
therewith, not to exceed 40 rounds for each revolver issued. 
(G. 0. 82, W. D., 1911.) 

442. In order that they may be kept in serviceable condition, 
complete and ready in all respects for field use, and that medical 
officers and enlisted men of the Hospital Corps may familiarize 
themselves with the equipment, surgeons at posts where regimental 
field hospitals are placed will pitch these hospitals once in every 
three months. (G. O. 75, W. D., 1903.) 

Note. — The following is a list of posts at which there were regi- 
mental hospitals September 30, 1911: Benjamin Harrison, Bliss, 
12%9°— 12 7 



98 ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS. 

Boise Barrack?, Columbus Barracks, Crook, D. A. Russell, Dee 
Moines, Douglas, Ethan Allen, Huachuca, Jay, Lawton, Leaven- 
worth, Logan, Madison Barracks, McPherson, Meade, Myer. Ogle- 
thorpe, Plattsburg Barracks, Presidio of Monterey, Presidio of San 
Francisco, Riley, Robinson, Sam Houston, San Juan, Schofield 
Barracks, Sheridan (2), Sill, Snelling, Vancouver Barracks, Wayne, 
W. II. Harrison. 

443. Whenever there is suitable storage room available at hos- 
pitals, the email articles listed in paragraph 325 of the Manual of 
the Medical Department, 1902, (see M. M. D., 1911, par. 870), such 
as flags, tools, and stoves, etc., will be procured by the surgeon on 
memorandum receipt and kept there with the medical field equip- 
ment. (G. O. 75, W. D., 1903.) 

444. Hospital ("orps knives and scabbards are made to form part of 
the arms and equipments of enlisted men of the Hospital Corps, 
both in garrison and in the field, by G. O, 23, W. D., 1906, and 
should be worn at inspection in ranks under arms. (Secretary of 
War, Mar. 10, 1910; 13912-A, O. I. G.) 

445. Horse equipments for mounted members of the Hospital 
Corps. (G. O. 169, W. D., 1911; M. M. D., 39, 909.) 

446. Horses and horse equipments especially furnished for the 
use of enlisted men of the Hospital Corps will be cared for by such 
enlisted men. (Cir. 92, W. D., 1909.) See G. 0. 169, W. D., 1911. 

447. Two types of first-aid packets are supplied V)y the Med- 
ical Department, the field packet in a sealed metal case and the 
instruction packet in a cardboard box. The field packet forms 
part of the full equipment of enlisted men and will be carried in 
a canvas pouch (supplied by the Ordnance Department) hooked to 
the cartridge belt. Instructions as to use, inspection, accounta- 
bility, allowance of instruction packets, etc. (Cirs. 2 and 16, W. D., 
1908. Also see G. O. 23, W. D., 1906.) For further instructions as 
to how carried, see U. R., 73. 

448. First-aid pouches are to be marked with the small marking 
outfits issued by the Ordnance Department, as indicated in the 
following specimen: 

B 

1-F'ld Art. 

24 

(Secretary of War, Oct. 30, 1908; 12772, 0. T. G.) 



ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS. 99 

449. Equipments such as canteens, haversacks, etc., which, due 
to changes in organization or the transfer of enlisted men, are not 
now correctly marked will be used until they become unserviceable, 
when they will be replaced by new equipments. (Cir. 33, A. G. O., 
1901.) Although this is expressed in terms applicable to a past 
date, the principle enunciated continues to be correct. (0. I. G.) 

The Ordnance Department supplies, on requisition, khaki-colored 
bianco to cover the markings on haversacks and canteens, in order 
that new markings may be placed thereon, if desired. (Chief of 
Ordnance, June 10, 1909; 13124, O. I. G.) 

450. It is forbidden to use any dressing or polishing material 
on the leather accouterments or equipments of the soldier, the 
horse equipments for cavalry, or the artillery harness, except the 
preparations supplied by the Ordnance Department for that purpose. 
(A.R.,293.) 

451. Instructions for the cleaning and preservation of leather 
equipments. (Cir. 23, W. D., 1910.) 

452. Equipments will be fitted to the men under the direction 
of an officer. All other changes are prohibited. (A. R., 294.) 

453. In quarters arms will be kept in racks and accouterments 
and sabers will be hung up by the belts. (A. R., 285.) 

454. Facilities for repair of arms and equipments, etc., furnLshed 
to posts by the Ordnance Department. (G. O. 162, W. D., 1911.) 

455. Nine whistles will be issued to each infantry company of the 
Regular Army, without requisition, by the Quartermaster's Depart- 
ment. (G. O. 104, W. D., 1911.) 

456. Equipments for troops in the field furnished by the Quarter- 
master's Department. (G. O. 95, W. D., 1908, amended by G. O. 
120, 157, W. D., 1910, and G. 0. 169, W. D., 1911.) 

457. Blankets will be issued on memorandum receipts to com- 
pany and detachment commanders for use of the men of their com- 
mands. (G. 0. 67, W. D., 1911, p. 4.) Allowance, renovation, etc., 
of .such blankets. (G. O. 147, W. D., 1911.) 

458. Commissaries at posts will keep on hand a sufficient quantity 
of field cooking equipment to supply all organizations at the posts 
and 25 per cent additional as a reserve supply. (M. S. D., 247; for 
company and detachment field ranges complete, see M. S. D., 263, 
264.) 

459. Commissaries at posts will supply the organizations thereat 
with the necessary field ranges, complete, on memorandum receipts 
of their respective commanding officers, who will be responsible for 
the care and preservation of the property and see that it is kept prop- 



100 ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS. 

erly cleaned and greased, to prevent ru.-^t. The commanding officer 
will cause this property to be thoroughly inspected once every 
two months. (M. S. D., 248.) 

460. When organizations are ordered to indefinite field service 
field ranges complete for companies will be invoiced to the commis- 
sary of the organization, who thus becomes accountable for them and 
issues them on memorandum receipts to the company commanders. 
The latter should not be required to assume accountability for sub- 
sistence property. (M. S. D., 249.) 

461. Instructions for preparing field range No. 1 for pack trans- 
portation. (Cir. 4, O. C. G., 1911.) Instructions for installing and 
operating field ranges Nos. 1 and 2. (Cir. 10, O. C. (i., 1910. ^ 

462. Organization, personnel, and equipment of a field bakery. 
(M. S. D.. 265, amended by G. O. 105, W. D., 1911.) 

463. Allowance of field ranges, field bakeries, commissary chests, 
field desks, folding j^latform scales, and field safes, subsistence prop- 
erty, to be kept in possession of organizations for use in permanent 
or maneuver camps and in the field when authorized. (M. S. D., 343, 
amended by G. O. 105, W. D., 1911.) 

464. Hereafter a field bakery will not normally form part of n, 
division. (G. O. 104, W. D., 1911.) 

465. Instructions for handling field bakery equipment, (('ir. 4, 
O. C. G., 1910.) 

466. Instructions for the care and ])reservation of field cooking 
and bakery equipment, etc. (Cir. 2. O. C. G., 1910.) 

467. Kitchen car equipment furnished by the Subsistence Depart- 
ment. (M. S. D., 266.) 

468. Portable gas cooker equipment. (M. S. D., 267.) Instruc- 
tions in connection with the use of the portable gas cooker. (Cir. 
7, O. C. G., 1909.) 

469. Equipment for a field company of the Signal Corps. (Cir. 3, 
W. D.. Signal Office. 1911; G. 0. 24. W. D.. 1911.) 

470. Signal Corps visual signaling equipment for a coast artillery 
post. (G. O. 209, W. D., 1909.) 

471. The Signal Corps will issue to each company of infantry and 
Philippine Scouts, and to each troop of cavalry, machine-gun ])latoon, 
and company of coast artillery a visual signaling outfit consisting of 
two flag kits (2-foot) and two field glasses; to be accounted for by the 
organization commanders, and not to be transferred to a post signal 
t)fficer or district artillery engineer. (G. 0. 16, W. D., 1910; G. O. 
164, W. D., 1911.) 



ARMY. 101 

472. The visual signaling equipment issued to companies nat- 
urally belongs with the men who are "able to exchange messages," 
and should be carried whenever organizations are equipped for the 
field. (Secretary of War, Oct. 27, 1910; 14576-A, 0. I. G.) 

473. The placing of any individual or organization identification 
marks on Signal Corps field glasses and telescopes or on any portion 
of the carrying cases of the same, except on the unfaiished side of the 
carrying straps, is prohibited. (G. O. 51, W. D., 1911.) 



474. Reorganization of the line and staff etc.: Line and staff (act 
Feb. 2, 1901, 31 Stat. L., 748-758; G. O. 9, A. G. O., 1901). 

General SUiff Corps (act Feb. 14, 1903, 32 Stat. L., 831; G. 0. 15, 
A. G. 0., 1903); Chief of Staff: Duties, duration of detail, etc. 
(G. O. 15, 120, A. G. O., 1903); Chief of Coast Artillery additional 
member of the General Staff Corps (act Jan. 25, 1907; 34 Stat. L., 861; 
G. O. 24, W. D., 1907.) 

Adjutant General's Department. (Act Apr. 23, 1904, 33 Stat. L., 
262; act Mar. 2, 1907, 34 Stat. L., 1158.) 

Inspector General's Department. (See pars. 1-4, ante.) 

Quartermaster's Department officers. (Act Mar. 3, 1911; G. O. 
45, W. D., 1911, p. 15.) 

Medical Department. (Act Apr. 23, 1908, 35 Stat. L., 66; G. O. 
67, W. D., 1908.) 

Medical Corps. (Act Apr. 23, 1908, 35 Stat. L., 66; G. O. 67, 
W. D., 1908.) 

Medical Reserve Corps. (Act Apr. 23. 1908, 35 Stat. L.. 68; 
G. O. 67, W. D., 1908; act June 22, 1910; G. 0. 126, W. D., 1910.) 

Dental Corps. (Act Mar. 3, 1911; G. O. 45, W. D., 1911, p. 29.) 

Contract surgeons. (Act Feb. 2, 1901, 31 Stat. L., 752; M. M. D., 
44.) 

Hospital Corps (act Mar. 2, 1903, 32 Stat. L., 930; G. O. 24, A. G. O. 
1903); acting cooks authorized (act May 11, ]908, 35 Stat. L., 109; 
W. D. G. 0. 80, 1908; 65, 1909); mounted men of the Hospital Corps 
(A. R. 1457; G. O. 88, W. D., 1905; Cir. 52, W. D., 1905; G. O. 39, 
W. D., 1911). 

Field hospitels: Peace (M. M. D., 149); war (M. M. D., 582, 656, 
749). 

Ambulance companies: Peace (M. M. D., 149); war (M. M. D., 
580, 749). 



102 ARMY. 

Fenwle Nurse Corps. (Act Feb. 2. IWl, 31 Stat. L., 753; (t. O. 9, 
A. (;. O. 1901; act Mar. 23, 1910; G. O. 54, W. D., 1910. p. 9.) 

Pay Department: Paymasters' clerks. (Act Mar. 3, 1911; (i. O. 
45, W. D., 1911. p. 13.) 

Corps of Enarineers. (Act Apr. 23, 1904, 33 vStat. L., 263; G. O. 
76, W. D., 1904; act Feb. 27, 1911, G. O. 83, W. D., 1911.) 

Ordnance Department (act June 25. 1906, 34 Stat. L., 455; G. O. 
191, W. D., 1906); rank of officers detailed in (act Mar. 3. 1909, 35 
Stat. L., 751; G. O. 49, W. D., 1909, p. 31). 

Signal Corps: OfBcers (act Mar. 2, 1903, 32 Stat. L., 932; G. O. 24, 
A. G. O., 1903, p. 9); enlisted men (act Apr. 23, 1904, 33 Stat. L., 
261; G. O. 76, W. D., 1904, pp. 4, 5; act Mar. 23. 1910: G. O. 54, 
W. D., 1910, p. 5). 

Bureau of In.sular Affairs. (Act July 1, 1902, 32 Stat. L., 712; 
act June 25, 1906, 34 Stat. L., 456; act Mar. 2, 1907, 34 Stat. L., 1162; 
act Mar. 23, 1910, G. O. 54, W. D., 1910, p. 8.) 

Chaplains. (Act Apr. 21, 1904, 33 Stat. L., 226; G. O. 79, W. D., 
1904; act June 12, 1906, 34 Stat. L., 256; G. O. 115, W. D., 1906; 
act Jan. 25, 1907, 34 Stat. L., 864; G. O. 24, W. D., 1907.) 

Artillery, Field and Coast. (Act Jan. 25, 1907; 34 Stat. L., 861; 
G. O. 24, \v. D., 1907.) 

Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry. (x\.ct A])r. 23, 1904, 33 Stat. L., 
266; G. O. 76, W. D., 1904; act May 27, 1908, 35 Stat. L., 392; G. O. 
100 W. D., 1908, p. 70.) 

Philippine Scouts. (See Philippine Scouts, p. 166.) 

Imlian Scouts. (Act Aug. 12, 1876, 19 Stat. L., 131; G. O. 88, 
A. G. O., 1876; act Feb. 2, 1901, 31 Stat. L., 748; G. O. 9. A. G.O., 
1901.) 

475. linited States Military Academy band and detachments for 
which })ay is apy)ropriated in act approved March 3, 1911 (G. O. 45, 
W. D., 1911, pp. 37-39): Band, 41; field mu.^icians, 24; general Army 
service, 200; cavalry detachment, KM); artillery detachment, 136; 
total enli.'sted, 501. 

476. Service school detachments authorized (act Mar. 3, 1909, 35 
Stat. L., 733; G. O. 49, W. D., 1909, p. 2); organization, composi- 
tion, and assignment (G. O. 118, W. D., 1909, amended by W. D. 
G. O. 25, 173, 1910; 61, 72, 1911). 

477. Recruit depot companies (act June 12, 1906, 34 Stat. L., 
242; G. O. 115, W. D., 1906, p. 4; act Mar. 3, 1909, 35 Stat. L., 741; 
G. 0. 49, W. D., 1909, p. 14); recruit depot band (act Mar. 3, 1909, 
35 Stat. L., 745; G. O. 49, W. D.. 1909, pp. 20-21). 



ARMY. 



103 



478. United States Military Prison companies (act June 12, 1906, 
34 Stat. L., 242; G. O. 115, W. D., 1906, p. 4). 

479. Remount depot detachments (act Mar. 3, 1911; G. O. 45, 
W. D., 1911, p. 21). 

480. Mine planter detachment shall ordinarily consist of 3 non- 
commissioned officers, at least 1 of whom shall be a sergeant, and 13 
privates, at least 1 of whom shall be a cook. (Regulations for Mine 
Planters, par. 18.) 

481. Headquarters detachments (detailed) for cavalry, field 
artillery and infantry, and mounted scouts (detailed) for infantry. 
(G. O. 138, \V. D., 1911.) 

482. Mounted orderlies for field artillery. (Act Jan. 25, 1907, 34 
Stat. L., 862; G. O. 24, W. D., 1907, p. 3; G. O. 138, W. D., 1911.) 

483. Enlisted strength of the cavalry, field artillery, coast artillery 
corps, infantry, engineers, staff departments, etc. (G. 0. 138, W. D., 
1911.) 

484. Authorized enlisted strength of troops of cavalry, batteries 
of field artillery, and companies of coast artillery corps, infantry, and 
engineers, as fixed by G. O. 138, W. D., 1911, and of field companies 
of the Signal Corps, as fixed by G. O. 24, W. D., 1911: 



Rank or designation. 


Cav- 
alry. 


■ light 
and 

moun- 
tain 

batter- 
ies. 


Horse 
batter- 
ies. 


Coast 
Artil- 
lery. 


Infan- 
try. 


Engi- 
neers. 


Signal. 


Ma.ster signal electricians. . 


....... 












9 


First-class sergeants 












■J 




1 
1 


1 
1 

i 

12 
.3 


1 
1 
1 
6 
12 
3 


1 

1 


1 
1 


1 
1 




t^uartermaster sergeant . . . 
Stable sergeant 




Sergeants 


6 
6 


8 
12 

9 


4 
6 

2 


12 
18 
2 


10 




17 


Cooks 


9 


Farrier 






Horseshoers 


1 


1 










Saddler 










Wagoner 














Chief mechanic 


i 

3 


1 
4 










Mechanics 




2 








Artificer 




1 






Trumpeters 


2 












Musicians 


2 


2 


2 


2 


2 
64 
59 








45 


Second-class privates 














Privates 


43 


102 


lis 


76 


48 


13 








Total 


65 13.^ i i.'in i 104 


65 


159 


90 

















104 ARMY. 

4:85. Additional serc;eants allowed certain infantry and field 
arlillory roj^iments, to provide for details to duty with the Ort^anizod 
Militia! (G. 0. 133, W. D., 1911.) 

486. Provisional battalions and regiments, coast artillery troops. 
(G. O. 229, W. D., 1910, par. 9.) 

487. Provisional machine-gun troops. (G. O. 149, W. D., 1910.) 
Pro\-i8ional machine-gun companies. (Sec. 24, F. S. R.) 

488. Machine-gun platoon: Of an infantry regiment — 1 sergeant, 
2 corporals, 18 privates; of a cavalry regiment — 4 corporals and 20 
privates (G. O. 138, W. D., 1911). 

489. When a machine-gim platoon is messed separately, an acting 
cook should be detailed from the privates of the platoon. (War De- 
partment dec. Oct. 5, 1910, published in Cir. .33, Dept. of the Gulf, 
1910.) 

490. For instruction at field exercises, maneuvers, etc., tem- 
porary brigades and divisions may be formed and necessary staffs 
provided. (Sec. 5, F. S. R.) 

491. Organization of the Army for war. (F. S. R., Art. I.) 

492. First field army district designated, and organization of first 
field army for instruction and mobilization announced. (G. 0. 35, 
W. D., 1910, amended by W. D., G. O. 97, 178, 1910; 51, 1911.) 

493. Four years' detail of line officers to the staff in the Adjutant 
General's, Inspector General's, Quartermaster's, Subsistence, and 
Pay Departments. (Act Feb. 2, 1901, 31 Stat. L., 755; G. O. 9, A. 
G. 0., 1901, p. 11.) Ordnance Department. (Act Feb. 2, 1901, 31 
Stat. L., 755; G. 0. 9, A. G. O., 1901, p. 11; act June 25, 1906, 34 
Stat. L., 455; G. O. 191, W. D., 1906.) Signal Corps. (Act Feb. 2, 
1901, 31 Stat. L., 755; G. 0. 9, A. G. O., 1901, p. 11 ; act Mar. 2, 1903, 
32 Stat. L., 932; G. 0. 24, A, G. 0., 1903, p. 9.) 

494. Line officers, not exceeding 200, detached for duty with the 
Organized Militia and for other duty the usual period of which ex- 
ceeds one year, are subject to the provisions of section 27 of the act 
approved February 2, 1901, with reference to details to the staff 
corps; proportion to be detailed from each arm, etc. (Act Mar. 3, 
1911; G. 0. 45, W. D., 1911, p. 14; see also G. O. 33, W. D., 1911.) 

495. Old and new designations of field artillerj^ organizations. 
(G. O. 118, W. D., 1907.) 

496. Number of enlisted men of the coast artillery that may be 
rated as plotters; observers, first class; observers, second class; case- 
mate electricians; chief planters; chief loaders; gun commanders, 
and gun pointers, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved 



ARMY TRANSPORTS. 105 

May 11, 1908. (G. 0. 89, W. D., 1908, amended by G. O. 109, W. 
D., 1910.) 

497. Increased pay. (Act May 11, 1908, 35 Stat. L., 108; G. 0. 
80, W. D., 1908; act May 28, 1908, 35 Stat. L., 431; G. O. 100, W. D., 
1908.) 

498. Tour of service of troops in the Philippine Islands to be two 
and one-half years. (Secretary of War, Oct. 27, 1911; 9028-E, 
O. I.G.) 

499. Policy of the War Department with respect to the attend- 
ance of troops of the Regular Army at camps of instruction with the 
Organized Militia, national celebrations, expositions, military tour- 
naments, State or county fairs, carnivals, festivals, reunions, and cele- 
brations of a local or commercial character. (G. 0. 230, W. D., 1910.) 

ARMY TRANSPORTS. 

500. In all cases when practicable an embarkation order will be 
issued by proper authority designating the commanding officer of 
troops for the voyage; in the absence of such order the senior line 
officer authorized to sail on the transport will assume command of 
the troops embarked, and will be directly responsible for the disci- 
pline of his command. (T. R., 225.) 

501. Status of officers assuming command of troops embarked on 
transports as provided for in T. R. 225. (Cir. 88, W. D., 1908.) 

502. Assignment to duty on transports of, and assumption of com- 
mand of troops aboard by, officers proceeding to the United States 
for the purpose of availing themselves of leaves of absence, and those 
returning to their stations outside the continental limits of the 
United States from absence with leave. (G. 0. 37, W. D., 1910.) 

Officers of the line and staff of the Army, not attached to 
organizations, who are under orders from the War Department to 
proceed to the Philippine Islands, and officers who are returning to 
those islands from leave of absence, by the customary route of travel, 
are to report in person to the commanding general. Western Division, 
for assignment, if necessary, pending the sailing and during the 
voyage, to such duty as may be required of them with casual detach- 
ments or in charge of treasure en route on the transport; duties of 
the division commander. (G. O. 168, W. D., 1911.) 

503. Held, that a captain of cavalry was not entitled, in virtue of 
his office as assistant chief of Philippine Constabulary with rank of 
colonel, to assume command of the troops on board of a transport; 
that this duty fell to the officer "highest in rank of the line of the 



106 ARMY TRANSPORTS. 

Army;" but he was entitled to assignment to a colonel's quarters on 
the transport. (Op. J. A. G., Feb. 15, 1905; 13013, O. I. G.) 

504. The commanding officer of troops aboard a transport has not 
authority to detail a staff ofBcer as officer of the day. (Secretarj' of 
War, Mar. 27, 1909; 4931 -Q, 9, O. I. G.) 

505. Reports by commanding officers of troops aboard. (A. R., 
905; T. R., 232.) See par. 40, ante. 

506. Reports of arrival and departure of transports to be made: 
By transport quarterma.'^ters. (T. R., 18.) By commanding gen- 
erals. (G. O. 200, W. D., 1907.) 

507. Instructions to the commanding general, Philippines Divi- 
sion, to take the necessary steps to prevent the overcrowding of Army 
transports leaving Manila in the future, except in cases of urgency. 
(Secretary of War, Oct. 24, 1907; 5161-Y, 2, 0. I. G.) 

508. Instructions as to the embarkation of casuals on transoceanic 
transports at Manila. (G. O. 1, P. D., 1909, par. 160.) 

509. The transport quartermaster is " the representative on board 
of ship of the general superintendent," and his status with reference 
to the commanding officer of troops is therefore not that of a post 
quartermaster. (Memo, report of the Chief of Staff, approved bj^ the 
Secretary of War July 13, 1909; 5161-Z, 13, 0. I. G.) 

510. The wireless-telegraph plants on transports are under the 
exclusive control of the transport quartennaster. (Memo, report of 
the Chief of Staff, approved by the Secretary of War July 13, 1909; 
5161-Z, 13, O. I. G.) 

511. The transport quartermaster is responsible for the conduct 
of first-class passengers (except military passengers), women, and 
children. (Memo, report of Chief of Staff, approved by the Secre- 
tary of War July 13, 1909; 5161-Z, 13, 0. I. G.) 

512. Whenever enlisted men, including recruits, are ordered to 
over-sea stations, except in Alaska, commanding officers of military 
posts and stations, including recruit depots, will see that each 
soldier upon departing for the point of embarkation has one suit of 
fatigue uniform and two suits of cotton olive-drab in his telescope 
case or canvas bag for use aboard the transport. (U. R., 31.) 

513. Clothing is not kept on transports for issue to enlisted men 
(passengers) except in the case of overcoats, which are loaned for 
the voyage only. (Q. M. G., Feb. 15, 1909; 5161-Z, 8, O. I. G.) 

514. Means to prevent unauthorized persons in uniform of enlisted 
men getting on board transports; prevention of stowaways. (G. 0. 
126, W. D., 1904; T. R., 203.) 



ARMY TRANSPORTS. 107 

515. "All soldiers discharged in lliis division, and all (•i\'ilian 
employees not cabin passengers, desiring transportation to the 
United States, will be required to provide, at their own expense, 
before going aboard transport, tin cup, plate, knife, fork, and spoon 
for their personal use en route, and any failing to comply with this 
requirement will not be permitted to board the ship." (G. 0. 314, 
Philippine Division, Oct. 17, 1901.) 

516. Dinner plate,-* and soup plates, furnished by the Quarter- 
master's Department, are to be kept on Army transports for the use 
of troops. (5161-X, 20, and 5232-T, 1, B., O. I. G.) 

517. This (Quartermaster General's) office, under date of Septem- 
ber 14, 1903, has given instructions to the chief quartermaster at 
Manila and the general superintendent. Army Transport Service, 
San Francisco, that hereafter no assignment of passengers shall be 
made in the hospital and isolation hospital of the Army transports, 
but these accommodations shall be reserved for the sick, as intended. 
(Indorsement of the Q. M. G., Sept. 16, 1903; 5232-0, 1, 0. I. G.) 

518. The shipment of fowls or animals, unless the same are 
located on deck at some place not used by passengers or troops, 
is forbidden on any transports carrying troops. (Chief of Staff, 
Jan. 12, 1905; 4671-Q, 3, O. I. G.) 

The shipment to the United States on Army transports of dogs, 
monkeys, or other animals is prohibited. (G. 0. 1, P. D., 1909, 
par. 161.) 

519. The general superintendent. Army Transport Service, 
San P'rancisco, Cal., has been instructed by this (Quartermaster 
General's) office to ship sauerkraut by commercial line, the odor 
from which is reported as having caused annoyance and discomfort. 
(Indorsement Q. M. G., Dec. 15, 1903; 4671-P, 5, O. I. G.) 

520. Installation of small armories, with a limited supply of 
small arms and ammunition, on transports not favorably considered 
by the War Department. (Q. M. G., concurred in by Secretary of 
War, Sept. 10, 1906; 5232-Q, 16, O. I. G.; memo, report of W. D. 
General Staff, approved by Secretary of War Mar. 3, 1909; 5828-K, 
3, O.I. G.) 

521. Steps have been taken to conspicuously mark at least one 
of the life buoys carried by all Army transports, so as to be distinctly 
visi'ble at a distance, both day and night if practicable. (Indorse- 
ment Q. M. G., May 18, 1906; 4712-P, 16, O. I. G.) 

522. Regulations with reference to meals of officers traveling on 
transports. (T. R. 164; G. 0. 86, W. D., 1911.) 



108 ARMY TRANSPORTS. 

523. The ruling of Ihe oflice of the Commissary General has 
always been that meals shall be charged from the first meal served 
on board the transport after embarkation of the passenger to the last 
meal served before debarkation, both inclusive, and no deductions 
should be allowed on account of absence from such meal-. (Com- 
missary General, Feb. 3, 1911; 5232-V, 6, O. I. G.) 

524. Protection of subsistence stores during fumigation of trans- 
ports. (T. R., 86.) 

525. Medical inspection of troops ordered for service beyond 
the sea, men unfit for such service, infectious or contagious dis- 
eases, vaccination, etc. (T. R., 194.) 

526. Provision that all officers and enlisted men while on board 
Army transports may not, at any time, be without medical attend- 
ance". (G. O. 48, W. D., 1908.) 

527. Arrangements will be made for a paymaster or special dis- 
bursing agent of the Pay Department to take passage on each Army 
transport conveying troops to and from th(^ Philippine Islands via 
the Suez Canal, for purpose of making payment? en route. (Recom- 
mendation of Paymaster General, approved by Secretary of War 
Aug. 17, 1909; 5290-?, 0. I. G.) 

528. No post record books will be supplied for the special use 
on United States Army transports of the commanding officer of 
troops on board. (Chief of Staff, Dec. 7, 1905; 4671-R, 1. 0. I. G.) 

529. Blank forms issued by the Adjutant General's Depart- 
ment, how supplied transport quartermasters and commanding 
officers of organizations under orders to sail on transports: will not 
be furnished to transport quartermasters for the use of troops on 
board changing station, etc. (G. 0. 26, W. D., 1909.) 

530. Gambling prohibited on transports. (T. R. 217.) Regu- 
lations relative to intoxicating liquors on board transports. (T. R. 
61, 221, 258, 265.) 

531. Action to be taken with a view to the punishment of the 
offender when an offense is committed on an Army transport. 
(G. O. 208, W. D., 1910; 4481-A. P., O. I. G.) 

532. Rights and powers of the military on board transports i)i 
the case of civilians who refuse to submit to military discipline. 
(Cir. 19, A. G. O., 1903.) 

533. In the absence of specific orders from the President detach- 
ing officers of the Marine Corps for service with the Army, the 
122d Article of War does not authorize such oflScers to command 
troops of the Army, and such officers will neither be assigned nor 
permitted by commanding generals or other officers of the Army 



ARMY TRANSPORTS. 109 

to command troops of the Army on Array transports or elsewhere. 
(G. 0. 161, W. D., 1909; 5391-1, 2, O. I. G.) SeeCir. 66, W. D., 1909. 
634. Status of enlisted men of the Navy and Marme Corps while 
being transported on an Army transport, as to police, guard duty, 
receiving orders, etc. (G. O. 7, W. D., 1909.) 

535. The Acting Secretary of the Navy, September 8, 1911, issued 
instructions directing that, in transferring enlisted men of the Navy 
and Marine Corps to a hospital on board of an Army transport from 
another hospital, hovspital transportation be called for instead of 
troop tran.sportation, in order that the hospital fund under charge 
of the transport surgeon may get the benefit of the 30 cents ration 
allowance. (15608, O. I. G.) 

536. Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be applied 
to the payment of the expenses of using transports in any other 
Government work than the transportation of the Army, its supplies 
and employees; and when, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, 
accommodations are available, transportation may be provided for 
the officers, enlisted men, employees, and supplies of the Navy, 
Marine Corps, and for members and employees of the Philippine 
and Hawaiian Governments, officers of the War Department, Mem- 
bers of Congress, other officers of the Government while traveling 
on official business, and without expense to the United States, for 
the families of those persons herein authorized to be transported, 
and when accommodations are available, transportation may be 
provided for general passengers to the Island of Guam, rates and 
regulations therefor to be prescribed by the Secretary of War. 
(Act making appropriation for the support of the Army for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1908, approved Mar. 2, 1907; 34 Stat. L., 1170; 
G. O. 48, W. D., 1907, p. 22.) 

537. Provided, That hereafter when, in the opinion of the Secre- 
tary of War, accommodations are available, transportation on vessels 
of the Army transport service may be furnished the officers, em- 
ployees, and enlisted men of the Revenue-Cutter Service, and 
their families, without expense to the United States, and also 
secretaries and supplies of the Army and Navy Department of the 
Young Men's Christian Association: Provided furthr. That hereafter 
when there is cargo space available without displacing military 
supplies, transportation may be provided for merchandise of Ameri- 
can production consigned to residents and mercantile firms of the 
Island of Guam, rates and regulations therefor to be prescribed by 
the Secretary of War. (Act Mar. 3, 1911; G. O. 45, W. D., 19l{, 
p. 24.) 



110 BADGES AND MEDALS. 

538. Instructions relative to liiriiishinj,' transportation on Army 
transports for members of the families of officers and enlisted men 
of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, and of employees thereof, 
of officers and employees of the Philippine and Hawaiian civil 
governments, of officers of the War Department, of Members of 
Congress, and of other officers of the f Jovernment while traveling on 
official business. (G. O. 167, W. D., 1910.) 

539. Ilereafter no steamsliip in the transport service of the 
United States shall be sold or disposed of without the consent of 
Congress having been first had or obtained. (Act Mar. 2, 1907; 
34 Stat. L., 1170; G. O. 48, W. D., 1907, p. 21.) 

540. Action to be taken in the case of loss or destruction of, or 
damage to. an Army transport. (A. R., 720.) 

641. Instructions relative to the interisland transport service, 
Philippine Islands. (G. O. 1, P. D., 1909.) 

542. All quartermasters and commissaries on interisland trans- 
ports, Philippine Islands, to be relieved and replaced by quarter- 
master's agents; the master of the ship to be given full and para- 
mount control and responsibility for the ship, its personnel and 
cargo, and for its passengers, except in so far as military control of 
the passengers is concerned, etc. Commanding General, Philippines 
Division, authorized to issue regulations to carry the foregoing 
instructions into effect. (Secretary of War, Aug. 8, 1911; 4481-AQ, 
O. I. G.) For instructions issued by the division commander, see 
G. O. 82, Phil. Div., 1911. 

ARTICLES OF WAK. 

543. Shall be read and published, once in every six months, to 
every garrison, regiment, troop, or company in the service of the 
United States. (Art. 128.) 

544. Such of the Articles of War as relate specially to the duties 
and rights of enlisted men and the penalties for military crimes 
will be plainly read and, so far as necessary, explained to each 
applicant for enlistment just before administering to him the oath 
of enlistment. Within six days thereafter the Articles of War will 
be read to the recruit. (A. R., 873.) 

BADGES AND MEDALS. 

546. Medals of honor: New design, conditions of award, how 
obtained, etc. (Act Apr. 23, 1904, 33 Stat. L., 274; G. O. 76, 
W. D., 1904, p. 27; Cir. 30, W. D., 1904; A. R. 181, 182, 187.) 



BADGES AND MEDALS. HI 

May be replaced if lost or destroyed through no fault of the bene- 
ficiary, etc. (Joint Res. Apr. 15, 1904, 33 Stat. L., 588; G. O. 77, 
W. D., 1904; Joint Res. Feb. 27, 1907, 34 Stat. L., 1422; G. O. 54, 
W. D., 1907.) 

546. An oral recommendation for the award of a medal of honor 
can not be regarded as "official records" of the War Department 
within the meaning of the act of Congress approved April 23, 1904. 
(Cir. 22, W. D., 1905.) 

547. Names of officers and men to whom medals of honor have 
been awarded since 1897, with grounds of awards. (G. O., A. G. O., 
15, 1900; 86, 1902; G. 0., W. D., 32, 1904; 165, 1909; 207, 1910.) 

Note. — Since 1906 the "Official Army Register" shows the 
name of each officer to whom a medal of honor has been awarded, 
with the initials "M. H." thereunder. 

548. The presentation of a medal of honor is to be made with 
formal and impressive ceremonial; instructions as to time and 
place of presentation, by whom to be presented, etc. (G. O. 158, 
W. D., 1905.) 

549. A certificate of merit badge will be issued for each certifi- 
cate of merit awarded. (Cir. 33, W. D., 1908.) For conditions of 
award of certificates of merit, see A. R., 183-187. 

550. Names of enlisted men to whom certificates of merit have 
been awarded since 1897, with grounds of awards. (G. O., A. G. O., 
15, 1900; 86, 1902; G. O., W. D., 32, 1904; 107, 1905; 143, 1907; 
109, 1908; 134, 1909; 127, 1910; 92, 1911.) 

551. Campaign badges: Instructions as to award, issue, etc. 
(G. 0. 4, W. D., 1905, amended by G. 0. 123, W. D., 1905; G. 0. 129, 
W. D., 1908, amended by G. O. 23, W. D., 1911; G. O. 96, W. D., 
1909.) List of campaigns for which awarded. (G. 0. 129, W. D., 
1908, amended by G. 0. 23, W. D., 1911.) Honorable service re-? 
quired to entitle to. (G. O. 129, W. D., 1908, par. 7.) For con- 
tract surgeon or dental surgeon. (G. O. 129, W. D., 1908, pars. 3 
and 5.) For veterinarians of cavalry and field artillery. (G. O. 
129, W. D., 1908, pars. 4, 5.) 

552. An officer or enlisted man of the Array who rendered, while 
an officer or enlisted man of the Navy or Marine Corps, service 
that would have entitled him to a campaign badge had it been 
rendered as an officer or enlisted man of the Army, is entitled to 
wear such campaign badge. (U. R., 58 (n).) 

553. Lssue of Spanish campaign badge for service on United 
States Army hospital ships during the War with Spain. (Cir. 88, 
W. D., 1908.) 



112 BAGGAGE. 

554. Only one Indian campaign badge will be issued to an 
officer or an enlisted man, notwithstanding the fact that service 
may have been rendered in more than one Indian campaign. 
(G. O. 129, W. D., 1908, par. 6.) 

555. Medals and badges: Kinds, how worn, occa.-'ion^, etc. 
(U. R., 56-58, and "Tables of Occasions.") 

556. Ribbons and bars: To be worn in lieu of medals and badges, 
how woni, occasions, etc. (U. R., 96, and "Tables of Occasions.''; 

Sale to officers and allowance for issue to enlisted men. (Cir. 82, 
W. D., 1908.) 

557. Neither badges, medals, nor ribbons will be worn by oflScers 
suspended from rank and command or by enlisted men serving 
sentence of confinement. (U. R., 58 (q.), 96 (f).) 

558. The wearing with the Army uniform of a bronze medal 
awarded a midshipman in the Navy is not authorized. (W. D. dec, 
Nov. 10, 1909; 13726, O. I. G.) 

559. Badges, medals, and insignia pertaining to the Ordnance 
Department, how dropped from returns when issued. (Cir. 8, W. D., 
1908.) 

560. Instructions as to the issuing, replacing, selling for wear on 
separate coats, etc., of the badge for first class gunners of Field 
Artillery. (G. O. 25, W. D., 1909.) As to the issuing to enlisted 
men of companies of C. A. C. of the badge for excellence in heavy 
gun and mortar battery target practice (figure of merit). (Cir. 59, 
W. D., 1910.) 

BAGGAGE. 

561. Field allowance of baggage for officers both in campaign and 
permanent camp and normal campaign allowance of baggage for en- 
listed men mil be that prescribed in Field Service Regulations. 
(G. O. 66, W. D., 1911.) See F. S. R. 231. 

562. When troops are on practice or other marches involving 
absence from garrison over night the allowance of baggage will be 
fixed by the commanding officer. (G. O. 66, W. D., 1911.) 

563. Dimensions of field boxes or bundles for officers' personal. 
(G. O. 201, W. D., 1905, Par. I; see par. 377, ante.) 

564. Use of Army trunk locker authorized for the personal bag- 
gage of ofiicers taking the field. (Cir. 42, W. D., 1906.) 

565. Allowance of baggage to be transported upon change of 
station, money allowance for packing and crating, etc. (A. R. 1151.) 

566. The term "personal bajigage" referred to in paragraph 1144, 
Army Regulations, as amended by paragraph I, G. O., 12, W. D., 



BATTALIONS AND SftUADRONS. 113 

January 23, 1909 [A. R. 1151, 1910], is interpreted to include the 
horse equipments issued under the provisions of paragraph 1537, 
Army Regulations, as amended by paragraph I, G. 0., 153, W. D., 
September 23, 1908 [A. R. 1542, 1910]. (Cir. 47, W. D., 1909.) 



567. Army bands or members thereof are prohibited from receiv- 
ing remuneration for furnishing music outside the limits of military 
posts when the furnishing of such music places them in competition 
with local ci\'ilian musicians. (Act May 11, 1908, 35 Stat. L., 110; 
G. O. 80, W. D., 1908, p. 8; act May 28, 1908, 35 Stat. L., 432; G. O. 
100, W. D., 1908, p. 33; A. R. 261; Cir. 97, W. D., 1908.) 

568. Army bands (including post volunteer bands) aa such are 
not permitted to take part in the meetings of any political party. 
(Secretary of War, Oct. 24 and Nov. 19, 1910; 14434-A, O. I. G.) 

569. The War Department has no objection to a volunteer band, 
detailed from the troops at the post, it being a matter that can well 
be left to the post commander to regulate. (Chief of Staff, Dec. 3, 
1904; 9692, 0. I. G.) 

570. Volunteer bands authorized in battalions of the Philippine 
Scouts. (G. 0. 71, P. D., 1909.) Issue of musical instruments to 
such bands. (G. O. 8, W. D., 1908; G. 0. 71, P. D., 1909.) 

571. Only colored men will be appointed hereafter as chief 
musicians of colored regiments. (G. 0. 52, W. D., 1909.) 

572. Authorized enlisted strength of bands: Cavalry, field artil- 
lery, and coast artillery — 1 chief musician, 1 chief trumpeter, 1 
principal musician, 1 drum raajor, 4 sergeants, 8 corporals, 1 cook, 
and 11 privates; total, 28. Infantry and engineer, same as cavalry, 
except there is no chief trumpeter, and there are 12 privates instead 
of 11, the total being the same. (G. O. 138, W. D., 1911.) See sees. 
24-28, F. S. R. 

573. One of the companies at each recruit depot shall have the 
organization of an infantry band, to wiiich recruits showing an 
aptitude for music may be attached for examination and instruction 
before assignment to organizations in the Army. (Act Mar. 3 ,1909, 
35 Stat. L., 745; G. O. 49, AV. D., 1909, pp. 20-21.) 

BATTALIONS AND SQUADRONS. 

574. The battalion, in a regiment, is appropriately commanded by 
a field officer, normally a major, regularly assigned in orders. In 

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114 BLANK FORMS. 

the absence of i(s regular commander the command devolves upon 
the senior officer of the battalion on duty with it, unles.>i a field officer 
has been assigned as contemplated in A. R., 247. (A. R., 244.) 

575. A lieutenant colonel may be appropriately assigned to the 
command of any part of a regiment larger than a battalion, or to the 
command of a battalion in the absence of its major. (A. R., 247.) 

576. In case of the temporary disability of a battalion commander, 
the command would naturally devolve on the officer next in rank 
in that battalion. (Cir. 58, A. G. O., 1899.) 

An officer upon whom the command of a squadron or battalion 
devolves by reason of his being the senior officer of the squadron or 
battalion with which he is serving will not, becau.se of the a.-;sumption 
of such command, be relieved from the performance of dutie.- which 
normally devolve upon him, but will continue to command the 
troop, battery, or company to which he is assigned, or to exercise 
the fiinctions of a squadron or battalion staff officer, as the case may 
be. (G. O. 211, W. D., 1909.) 

577. The battalion, in a regiment, is not an administrative unit 
and has no separate records. (A. R., 244.) 

A. R., 2.3.5, of 1904, as amended by paragraph I, G. O. 139, W. D., 
1907 [A. R., 244, 1910] is not to be interpreted as eliminating the 
battalion or squadron commander from the channels through which 
correspondence regarding the personnel, instruction, discipline, and 
equipment of his command should pass. Under such regulation, 
however, no official record will be kept by the battalion or squadroa 
commander of such correspondence. (Cir. 20, W. D., 1908.) 

578. Provisional battalions may be designated, by whom and 
when. (A. R., 244.) 

579. The position of the squadron standard at drill .should corre- 
spond by analogy with that of the regimental standard and Ls back 
with the reserve or with the led horses. (Cir. 63, \V. D., 1910.) 



580. The Quaitermaster's Department will furnish two bicycles 
to each military post and one additional bicycle to each battalion 
in excess of two serving at the post when, in the opinion of the 
Quartermaster General, conditions warrant such issue. (Cir. 71, 
W. D., 1907.) 

BLANK FORMS. 

581. The standard blank forms used in Army administration, 
with the notes and directions thereon, have the force and effect 



BOARDS OF OFFICERS. 115 

of Army Regulation?. Requisitions therefor will call for them 
by number and name. (A. R., 1593.) 

582. Manuscript returns, rolls, certificates, and other docu- 
ments are prohibited when the proper printed forms are on hand. 
(A. R., 1594.) 

583. The following blank forms are furnished from Office of the 
Inspector General of the Army, viz: 

No. 1: Inventory and Inspection Report of Public Property. 

No. la: Inner sheets of P'orm No. 1. 

No. 2: Inventory and Inspection Report of Public Animals. 

No. 2a: Inner sheets of Form No. 2. 

No. 3: Report of an Inspection and Statement of Money Account- 
ability.* 

No. 3a: List of Checks Outstanding.' 

No. 4: Inspector General's Memoranda, Inspection of a National 
Cemetery. 2 

No. 5: Inspector General's Memoranda, Inspection of a Post.^ 

No. 5a: Inspector General's Memoranda, Coast Artillery Inspec- 
tion. ^ 

No. 28: Card for use in inspection of money accounts.* * 

BOARDS OF OFFICERS. 

684. Cavalry board. (G. O. 210, W. D., 1905.) 

585. Coast Artillery board, Fort Monroe. (G. O. 107, W. D., 
1909.) 

586. Field ArtUlery board. (G. O. 156, W. D., 1905; G. O. 82, 
W. D., 1911.) 

587. Infantry board. (G. O. 45, A. G. O., 1903.) 

588. Promotion of officers. (G. O. 192, W. D., 1909.) 

589. Examination of applicants for appointment as chaplains. 
(Cir. 24, W. D., 1908.) 

590. For examination of the members of each graduating class, 
United States Military Academy, as to their fitness for mounted 
service. (G. O. 109, W. D., 1910.) 

591. For the mental and physical examination of candidates 
selected for appointment as cadets at the United Staters Military 
Academy. (W. D. Cir. E, May 24, 1911.) 

592. Appointments in the Medical Corps. (A. R., 1411; M. M. D., 
4, 9;G. O. 112, W. D., 1911.) 



• Not to be used in the inspection of quasi public funds, such as company or post 
exchange, except for the convenience of the inspector only. (13.505-R, O. I. G.) 
'Furnished to Inspectors general and acting inspectors general only. 



116 BOARDS OF OFFICERS. 

593. Appointments in the Medical Reserve Corps. (G. O. 94 
W. D., 1908; M. M. D., 15.) 

594. Appointments in the Dental Corps. (G. O. 45, \V. D., 
1911, p. 30; M. M. D., 19.) 

595. Examination of enlisted men for advancement to the grade 
of second lieutenant. (A. R., 30; W. D. G. 0. 79, 1909; 131, 1911.) 

596. Examination of applicants from civil life for appointment 
as second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. (G. 0. 139, W. D., 
1911.) 

597. Examination of applicants from civil life for a])pointment 
to the position of second lieutenant in the cavalry, field artillery, 
and infantry. (G. O. 53, W. D., 1911.) 

598. Examination of applicants from civil life for appointment of 
second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps, and of lieutenants 
of the Army for transfer to that corps. (G. O. 65, W. D., 1911.) 

599. Appointments and i)romoti()ns of officers of the Porto Rico 
Regiment of Infantry. (G. O. 193, W. D., 1908.) 

600. Appointments and promotions of officers, Philippine Scouts. 
(W. D. G. O. 195, 1908; 217, 1909.) 

601. Examination of persons specially qualified to hold commis- 
sions in any volunteer force other than the Organized Militia. 
(G. 0. 57, W. D., 1909, amended by G. 0. 26, W. D^, 1911.) 

602. Vacancies in the General Staff Corps below the grade of brig- 
adiergeneral. (A. R. 784.) 

603. P^xamination of officers for detail to fill vacancies in the 
Ordnance Department. (G. 0. 166, W. D., 1908.) 

604. Retiring. (M. L., 1306-13; A. R., 76-78; see G. O. 49, 
W. D., 1909, p. 8, as to majors of the Medical Corps.) 

605. On the death of an officer in charge of public property or 
funds. (A. R., 86.) 

606. Board of Engineers. (E. R., 10-16.) 

607. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. (E. R., 105.) 

608. Board of Ordnanc-e and Fortification. (M. L., 1209-17; 
A. R., 303.) 

609. Defense Board, Philippine Islands. (G. O. 95, 148, \V. D., 
1911.) 

610. Joint board of Army and Navy officers. (G. 0. 107, A. G. O., 
1903; W. i). G. 0. 121, 1907; 76, 150,1910.) 

611. National Land Defense Board. (G. O. 209, W. D., 1909.) 

612. Board of Commissioners of the United States Soldiers' Home. 
(Act Mar. 4, 1909, 35 Stat. L., 1004; G. 0. 63, W. D., 1909, p. 13.) 



BUILDINGS. 117 

613. Board of government of the United States Military Prison. 
(G. O. 63, W. D., 1909, p. 13.) 

614. Appointment Army paymasters' clerks. (G. 0. 103, W. D., 
1911.) 

615. Examination of candidates for appointment as sergeants 
major, Coast Artillery. (G. O. 194, W. D., 1910.) 

616. Examination for appointment of noncommissioned staff 
officers, except sergeants major, Coast Artillery Corps. (G. O. 203, 
W. D., 1908.) 

617. Examination of officers and certain enlisted men of the 
Coast Artillery Reserves. (G. O. 166, W. D., 1911.) 

618. Examination of candidates for first and second class gunners, 
Coast Artillery Corps. (D. R. C. A., 988.) 

619. Examination and classification of gunners of Field Artillery. 
(G. O. 161, W. D., 1911.) 

620. Examination for appointments as sergeants, first class, and 
sergeants. Hospital Corps. (A. R., 1428.) 

621. Of medical officers at each recruit depot on soldiers reported 
unfit for service by reason of disability. (G. O. 174, 191; Cir. 62, 
W. D., 1909.) 

622. To determine whether the serivce of a soldier aoout to be 
discharged has been honest and faithful. (A. R. 147.) 

623. Examination of applicants for appointment as superintend- 
ent of national cemetery. (G. 0. 37, A. G. 0., 1877.) 

624. Purchase of private mounts from officers by the Quartermas- 
ter's Department. (A. R. 1111; G. O. 54, W. D., 1910.) 

625. In case of destruction or serious damage by fire, storm, or 
other natural causes, to public buildings; or of loss or destruction of or 
damage to an Army transport, Army mine planter, cable ship, or other 
vessel owned or operated by the War Department. (A. R. 720.) 

626. On claims for damages to private property resulting from 
military operations, including heavy-gun practice at seacoast forts. 
(Cir. 22, W. D., 1910.) 

627. Private property lost in the service. (A. R. 737.) 

BUILDINGS. 

628. Changes in buildings at military posts are not to be made 
without proper authority from the War Department. (G. O. 163, 
W. D., 1908.) 

629. It appears that there is a special appropriation for barracks 
and quarters at seacoast artillery posts (34 Stat. L., 1348); that the 
wording of the regular appropriation under "Barracks and Quarters" 



118 BUILDINGS. 

(34 Stats., 1168) is for barracks and quarters for troops other than 
seacoast artillery, storehouses for the safe-keeping of military stores, 
for offices, recruiting stations, etc. Construing the appropriations 
together, I am clearly of the opinion that the words in the regular 
appropriation "other than seacoast artillery," following, as they do, 
the Avords "barracks and quarters," qualify those words only, and 
that the regular appro])riation is, therefore, applicable to the con- 
struction of storehouses, offices, etc., at seacoast artillery posts as 
well as at other posts. It follows also that the appropriation for 
"barracks and quarters for the artillery " at seacoast postals limited 
strictly to barracks and quarters. 

As to the appropriations in the Sundry Civil Act (34 Stat. L., 1348), 
the one for barracks and quarters for the artillery in connection with 
the adopted j)roje(t for seacoast defenses, etc., is to be regarded as a 
specific one for barracks and quarters at seacoast artiller\' posts, 
and as to these objects the general appropriation for "the ccjnstruc- 
tion and enlargement of military posts of such building as, in the 
judgment of the Secretary of War, may be necessary," etc., can not, 
of course, be used to supj)Iemeiit it. 

The general appropriation is, however, available for the construc- 
tion of necessary buildings other than barracks and quarters at 
seacoast artillery posts as well as at other artillery {)osts. (Op. 
J. A. G., Aug. 17, 1907; 12192-A, O. I. G.) 

630. Hereafter wooden buildings are not to be constructed at 
military posts, except where they are intended for temporary use 
only. (Recommendation of Quartermaster General, approved by 
Acting Secretary of War, May 14, 1908; 12427, O. I. G.) 

631. Upon completion and acceptance of construction work at a 
military post the constructing quartermaster will turn the work 
over to the post <'ommander, who wdll inspect it and submit to The 
Adjutant General of the Army, through military channels, a report 
as to whether the work meets all requirments. (G. O. 146, W. D., 
1909.) 

632. Occupancy of public buildings by officers' clubs, messes, 
or similar social organizations. (G. O. 54, W. D., 1909.) 

633. Action to be taken whenever a i)ublic building Ls destroyed 
or seriously damaged by fire, storm, or other natural cause. (A. R., 
720.) 

634. Following the established practice with regard to naming 
military posts, no camp or vessel, and no building, hall, street, 
driveway, etc., on a military reservation will be named in honor of a 



CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, 119 

living officer. Any name not conforming to this rule will be changed. 
(Cir. 64, W. D., 190G.) 

CKKEMONIES. 

635. WTien desirable that an organization should be reviewed 
before an inspector junior in rank to the commanding officer, the 
commanding officer receives the review, and is accompanied by the 
inspector, who takes post on his left. (I. D. R., 724.) 

636. At reviews the commanding officer of the troops, and the 
members of his staff accompanying him, will return saber after turn- 
ing out of the column and placing themselves on the right (or left) of 
the reviewing officer and his staff, and will draw saber after the 
commanding officer salutes the reviewing officer preparatory to 
returning to the command. (G. O. 196, W. D., 1909.) 

637. At ceremonies the position of companies or detachments of 
the Signal Corps, if dismounted, will be as laid down in paragraph 6, 
Army Regulations, viz: "On the right of the command to which 
they are attached." If mounted, they will form on the other flank. 
If both engineers and Signal Corps troops are together, the former, 
for ceremonies, will form on the right of the latter. (Cir. 36, W. D., 
1906.) 

638. The ceremony of "Escort of the Colors" should be so con- 
ducted as to render it one of the most impressive to the soldier, 
especially to the young recruit, of all the functions in which he is 
required to participate. (G. O. 125, A. G. O., 1900.) 

639. Dress parade is not requii'ed at a one-company post. Atten- 
tion is invited to A R., 510, and the infantry drill regulations, 
which latter prescribe parade for no smaller command than a bat- 
talion. (Chief of Staff, Dec. 8, 1903.) 

Note.— A. R., 510, of 1901, is same as A. R., 444, 1910. 

CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 

I 640. General regulations governing. (A. R., 699, 738-750, 
1060, 1071, 1151, 1224, 1232, 1251, 1267, 1421, 1479, 1480, 1482, 
1495.) 

641. Hours of labor: Exceptions to the eight-hour law. (A. R., 
742; Cir. 83, W. D., 1907.) On Saturdays diuing July, August, and 
September of each year. (Cir. 42, W. D., 1909.) 

642. Transfer of, to and from the Philippines; tour of duty in 
the Philippines, etc. (G. 0. 68, W. D., 1904.) 



120 CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 

643. The Secretary of War considers that the interests of the 
service require that employees at large in the department must be 
Bubject to orders in regard to transfer of station, and a refusal to 
obey Buch orders will be deemed a proper and sufficient reason for 
discharge from the service. (Cir. 26, A. G. 0., 1901.) 

644. Officers or employees in the executive service of the Gov- 
ernment, who are notaries public, are not to charge officers or 
employees for notarial acts; exceptions, etc. (Cir. 98, ^V. D., 1908.) 

645. Control of employees of constructing quartermasters and of 
contractors for the Quartermaster's Department and their employees 
while engaged in construction work at military posts ordered by the 
War Department. (G. O. 146, W. D., 1909.) 

646. Control of employees of the Engineer Department and of 
contractors of that department and their employees while engaged 
in construction or repair work at military posts ordered by the War 
Department. (G. 0. 193, W. D., 1909.) 

647. The per diem and traveling expenses allowed to ci\alian 
employees under the provisions of A. R., 744, of 1910, when such 
employees are on temporary duty at places other than their regular 
stations, will not be paid for more than the first 30 days of such tem- 
porary duty. (Secretary of War, Apr. 5, 1911; 12243-H, 1, 0. I. G.) 

648. Civilian employees of the Army when traveling under orders 
requiring them to be absent from their stations will be instructed to 
procure receipts for all expenditures incurred by them and charged 
for in their accounts for reimbursement. (A. R., 744.) In the event 
that they are unable to procure receipts for any items of expenditure 
therein, they will be required to submit with their accounts positive 
and satisfactory evidence that it was impracticable to obtain receipts 
therefor. (G. 0. 117, \Y. D., 1911.) See Cir. 43, 0. C. E., 1911. 

649. Indorsements of the Quartermaster General and Acting 
Secretary of War of November 2 and 4, 1907, respectively, relative 
to making semimonthly payments to certain civilian employees of 
the Quartermaster's Department: 

Quartermaster General: "Army Regulations, 733, 1904 [A. R., 
741, 1910], has always been construed in this office as permitting a 
certain amount of discretion to the quartermaster making payment 
to employees, and the method of paying semimonthly is acceptable 
to the Treasury Department officials. When the quartermaster's 
depots are located in large cities, where it is customary for employees 
not in the Government service to be paid semimonthly, it has been 
thought that to adhere strictly to paragraph of regulations referred 



CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 121 

to would in most cases work a hardship upon the employees of the 
Government." 

Acting Secretary of War: "The semimonthly payments of civilian 
employees referred to herein is approved under the circumstances." 
(Cir. letter, O. I. G., Nov. 20, 1907; 5795-Bk, 0. I. G.) 

660. Laws and regulations relative to political activity of civilian 
employees, and to political assessments or contributions by persons 
in the public servdce are published in Circular No. 65, War Depart- 
ment, 1910, a copy of which circular is, by the next to last paragraph 
thereof, required to be posted by the officers in charge in prominent 
places in all bureaus and offices in and under the War Department, 
and at all arsenals, depots, and stations in the service at large where 
civilians are employed. 

651. All officers and employees of the United States of every 
description serving in or under any of the Executive Departments, 
and whether so serving in or out of Washington, are forbidden, either 
directly or indirectly, individually or through associations, to solicit 
an increase of pay or to influence or attempt to influence in their 
own interest any other legislation whatever, either before Congress 
or its committees, or in any way save through the heads of the depart- 
ments in or under which they serve, on penalty of dismissal from the 
Government service. (Executive Order, Jan. 31, 1902; G. 0. 18, 
A. G. O., 1902.) 

652. Executive order as to bureau, office, or division chief, or 
subordinate in any department of the Government, or officer of the 
Army or Navy or Marine Corps stationed in Washington, applying 
for legislation, appropriations, or congressional action of any kind; 
furnishing information to Congress, etc. (Cir. 82, W. D., 1909.) 

653. No officer or employee of the Government shall, directly or 
indirectly, instruct or be concerned in any manner in the instruction 
of any person or classes of persons, with a view to their special prepa- 
ration for the examinations of the United States Civil Service Com- 
mission. The fact that any officer or employee is found so engaged 
shall be considered sufficient cause for his removal from the service. 
(Executive Order, Oct. 13, 1905; G. O. 183, W. D., 1905.) 

654. That whenever there are already two or more members of a 
family in the public service in the grades covered by this act (Civil 
Ser\'ice Act), no other member of such family shall be eligible to 
appointment to any of said grades. (Act Jan. 16, 1883, sec. 9; 22 
Stat. L., 406.) 

The " family " consists of those who live under the same roof with 
the pater familias — those who form his fireside; but when they 



122 CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES. 

branch out and become heads of new establishments they cea^e to 
be part of the father's family. (26 Op. Att . Gen., 301 . ) See alfo \\' . D . 
Cir. I, Mar. 31, 1909. 

655. The loaning of money at usurious rates of interest by clerks 
or other ci\'ilian employees in or under the War Department or the 
military establishment, either as principal or agent, directly or 
indirectly, to others in the Government service, U prohibited, and 
any such clerk or employee who hereafter engages in the same will 
bo dismissed from the service and no application for his reinstatement 
therein will be considered. (G. O. 52, \V. D., 1911.) 

656. Act of Congress granting certain classes of artisans and 
laborers employed by the United States the right to receive com- 
pensation for injuries sustained in the course of their employment, 
and regulations prescribed thereunder. (Cir. 68, W. D., 1908.) 
Rulings, etc. (W. D. Cirs. 3, 9, 10, 80, 1909; 6, 11, 1910.) 

657. Action to be taken whenever the death of a civilian employee 
occurs at a military post or station or with a command in the field. 
(G. O. 67, \V. D., 1910.) 

CLAIMS A(;.\I.\ST THE TNITED STATES. 

658. The soliciting of pension or other claims against the United 
States on military reservations or at military posts, camps, or stations, 
including general hospitals, is hereby prohibited, and commanding 
officers will take measures effectually to prevent such soliciting 
within the limits of military reservations, posts, camps, stations, or 
hospitals under their command. Officers or enlisted men who give 
information with a view to aiding persons in soliciting such claims 
will be brought to trial and civilian employees who so offend will 
be discharged. (G. 0. 163, W. D., 1906.) See Cir. 80, W. D., 1908. 

659. Claims for damages to private property resulting from mili- 
tary operations, including heavy gun practice at the seacoast defense 
forts; how submitted, evidence, etc. (Cir. 22, W. D., 1910.) 

660. Presenting false or fraudulent claims against, or conspiring to 
defraud the United States, et(>.; penalty. (Act Mar. 4, 1909; 35 
Stat. L., 1095; G. O. 22, W. D., 1910.) 

CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES. 

661. General regulations. (A. R., Arts. L, LI, LII.) 

662. Instructions of the Secretary of War of October 6, 1905, in 
regard to advertisements for supplies, bids and bidders, bondsmen, 
modification or annulment of contracts, inspection of raw material 



CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES. 123 

used by manufacturers iu furnishing finished products, inspection 
of supplies at time of delivery, etc. (G. O. 167, W. D., 1905.) 

663. Advertisements should be in the briefest form possible con- 
sistent witb clearness of expression and should be free from all 
verbiage. * * * It is directed that in future greater care be 
exercised in the preparation of advertisements and that the require- 
ments of A. R., 513, be observed and complied with. (Cir. 14, Q. 
M. G. O., 1911.) 

664. Contracts for rental of telephones by Corps of Engineers. 
(Cir. 30, O. C. E.. 1911.) 

665. A copy of each contract is to be transmitted directly to the 
Returns Office of the Department of the Interior by the officer who 
signs the contract, as soon as possible after the contract has been 
made and approved, and within 30 days after approval, together 
with one original of all bids, offers, and proposals made by persons 
to obtain the contract, and by a copy of the advertisement; all of 
which will be fastened together with a ribbon and seal, and num- 
bered in regular order, vsdth the afiidavit of the contracting officer 
appended. Explanation in case of delay. (A. R.,571.) SeeR.S., 
3744. 

666. Paragraph 746, Army Regulations of 1889 (A. R., 603, 1910), 
to the effect that officers of the Army shall not contract with other 
persons in the military service to furnish supplies or service to the 
Government, does not apply to contracts on behalf of the United 
States which require for their validity the approval of the Secretary 
of War. (D. J. A. G., 956.) 

667. Paragraph 593, Army Regulations, forbids, inter alia, any 
contract in which any person in the military service "shall be 
admitted to share or receive benefit." The arrangement in question 
by which recruits enlisted at New Haven, Conn., are lodged and 
fed by the wife of Corpl. — of the recruiting party, is, strictly speak- 
ing, a violation of this requirement of the regulations; but the 
arrangement is not a violation of any statute, and its requirements 
may be waived by the Secretary of War. (Op. J. A. G., Oct. 22, 
1907, concurred in by Acting Secretary of War, Oct. 24, 1907; 11918, 
O. I. G.) 

Note.— A. R. 593, of 1904, is same as A. R., 603, of 1910. 

668. The practice of allowing members of a recruiting party and 
applicants for enlistment at a general recruiting station to receive a 
rebate for meals not taken by them from the contractor for meals is 
unauthorized. Where a member of a recruiting party or an appli- 



124 DENTAL CORPS. 

cant fails to take the meal called for by a meal ticket that has been 
issued to him by the recruiting officer, he should return the ticket 
to the recruiting officer. (Cir. 5, W. D., 1909.) 

669. No officer of the United States will accept voluntary service 
w the Government or employ personal service in excess of that 
authorized by law, except in case of sudden emergency involving 
loss of human life or the destruction of property. (A. R., 524; R. S., 
3679, amended by act Feb. 27, 1906; 34 Stat. L., 49.) 

670. Convict labor on Government contracts prohibited. (G. O. 
78, W. D., 1905.) 

CONTRACT SURGEONS. 

671. The services rendered by a contract surgeon are not re- 
stricted to those of a purely professional character; on the contrary, 
his eligibility for duty is the same as that of a first lieutenant of the 
Medical Corps, except in so far as it is limited by the fact that he is 
not a commissioned officer. A contract surgeon, though not eligible 
for detail on courts-martial, may prefer charges against enlisted men 
and may be detailed on councils of administration, and as post 
treasurer, etc.; he may also witness payments to enlisted men under 
the provisions of A. R., 1338 to 1360. (A. R., 1417.) 

672. Contract surgeons and acting dental surgeons are entitled to 
the same protection in their positions and the same respect and 
obedience from enli(<ted men as commissioned officers. (A. R., 
1414.) 

DENTAL CORPS. 

673. Appointment, pay and allowances, status, etc., of dental 
surgeons and acting dental surgeons. (Act Mar. 3, 1911; G. 0. 45, 
W. D., 1911, p. 29.) 

674. Regulations governing. (A. R., 1418-1426.) 

675. For plate work or for the filling of teeth of enlisted men the 
materials supplied by the Government vrill be used and no other, 
and members of the Dental Corps are forbidden to enter into any 
financial agreement with enlisted men involving an obligation for 
payment for silver, platinum, or gold used for filling cavities in 
teeth, for the construction of bridge work, for the fitting of crowns, 
the making of artificial dentures, or other dental work. Excep- 
tions beyond the territorial limits of the United States; conditions, 
etc. (A. R., 1424.) 

676. Dental supply table. (M. M. D., Art. XIII.) 



DISEASES. 125 



DISCHARGES. 



677. Instructions relative to the discharge of enlisted men on 
account of disability. (W. D. G. O. 174, 191; Cir. 62, 1909.) 

678. Discharge of enlisted men whose terms of service expire at 
sea while en route with their organizations from the Philippine 
Islands, Hawaii, or Alaska. (G. O. 204, W. D., 1909.) 

679. Discharge of enlisted men ordered from the Philippine 
Islands and Hawaii to the United States for discharge. (G. 0. 204, 
W. D., 1909.) 

680. Instructions as to the discharge and transfer of enlisted men 
of organizations designated for a tour of duty in the Philippine 
Islands. (G. O. 141, W. D., 1908.) Transfers of enlisted men from 
organizations returning to the United States from the Philippine 
Islands. (G. O. 119, W. D., 1909.) Transfers of enlisted men to 
and from organizations exchanging stations between the United 
States and Alaska. (G. 0. 4, W. D., 1909, Par. II, sec. 2.) 

681. Purchase of, by enlisted men. (A. R., 143; G. O. 90, W. D., 
1911.) By Philippine Scouts. (G. 0. 80, Phil. Div., 1911.) 

682. Character given on. (A. R., 147; Cir. 18, W. D., 1909.) 

683. An executed honorable discharge can not be revoked unless 
obtained by fraud on the part of the soldier. Mere mistake on the 
part of officers executing it will not justify revocation. The same is 
equally true of a discharge without honor when once duly executed. 
(Cir. 92, W. D., 1909.) 

684. Issue of certificates of discharge to soldiers or sailors who 
enlisted or served under assumed names in the Army or Navy during 
the War of the Rebellion, the War with Spain or the Philippine 
Insurrection. (Act June 25, 1910; G. O. 186, W. D., 1910.) 

DISEASES. 

685. Strict attention will be paid by company commanders to 
the cleanliness of the men and to the police of barracks or tents. 
The men will be required to bathe frequently. In garrison, and 
whenever practicable in the field, they will be required to wash 
their hands thoroughly after going to the latrines and before each 
meal, in order to prevent the transmission of typhoid fever and 
other diseases by germs taken into the mouth with food from unclean 
hands. The hair will be kept short and the beard neatly trimmed. 
Soiled clothing will be kept in the barrack bag. (A. R., 286.) 

686. Preventive measures against typhoid fever: Personal 
hygiene. (Cir. 62, A. G. O., 1902.) Administration of antityphoid 



126 FORTIFICATIONS. 

serum at post*^. (W. D. G. O., 10, ]909; 227, 1910; 134, 1911.) 
Administration of the typhoid prophylactic to recruits. (G. T). 134, 
W. D., 1911.) 

687. Especially of those ii<>rving in the tropics, due to immo- 
rality and exces.«ive indulgence in strong drink; duty of regimen- 
tiil and company commanders. (Oir. 10, A. G. O., 1902.) 

EIOHT-HOUR LAW. 

688. Eight-hour law. (Act Aug. 1, 1892, 27 Stut. L., 340; G. O. 
56, A. G. O., 1892, p. 8.) See A. R., 742, and Cir. 83, W. D., 1907. 

689. Opinion of Attorney General relating to application of, 
(G. O. 141, W. D., 1906.) 

690. Reports of infractions of the eight-hour law from any branch 
of the military establishment are to be rendered in duplicate. 
(Secretary of War, Apr. ]1, 1907; 11576, O. I. G.) See Cir. 24, 
Q. M. G. O., 1911. 

FORTIFICATIONS. 

691. Fire-control installations to be designated "provisional" 
and "stauditrd." (G. 0. 81, \V. D., 1907.) 

692. " Fire-control System, Type Installation, 1909, " showing the 
equipment furnished by the Engineer, Ordnance, and Signal 
Departments, and that to be provided at the post, for the various 
stations, plotting rooms, emplacements, mortar pits, mortar-battery 
magazine, information booth, mining casemate and loading room. 
(C. A. M., 4, \V. D., 1909.) 

693. Establishment of provisional fire-control systems, and 
staff departments which furnish equipments, etc., for same. (G. 0. 
13, 54, W. D., 1906.) 

694. Base lines to be established at coast artillery posta by the 
Engineer Department. (G. O. 36, W. D., 1904.) 

695. Electric; lighting of fire-control stations and instruments 
therein. (Mimeo. No. 131, serial No. 469, Eng. Dept., June 25, 1910.) 

696. Installation of cupboards or closets in battle commanders' 
stations. (56th Supp. Mimeo. No. 42, serial No. 451, Eng. Dept., 
Sept. 8, 1909.) 

697. Rules and regulations for inspection of batteries or em- 
placements, mining casemates, etc., turned over to the artillery 
under A. R., 1486, 1895 [A. R., 1528, 1910]. (G. O. 65, A. G. O., 
1901.) 

698. Method of procedure in turning over Signal Corps fire- 
control installations. (S. C. M. No. 7, par. 527.) 



FORTIFICATIONS. 127 

699. Procedure when the Signal Corps is ready to begin fire- 
control installation at seacoast batteries, position-finding stations, 
or other structures in the hands of troops; turning over keys; sus- 
pension of drill if it interferes with the work. (Cir. 16, W. D., 1905.) 

700. Repair of Signal Corps structures pertaining to the fire- 
control system at coast artillery posts. (Mimeo. No. 125, serial 
No. 439, Eng. Dept., June 25, 1909.) 

701. Tests of fire-control installations. (D. R. C. A., 605, 606, 
734; G. O. 146, W. D., 1911.) 

702. Shutters or screens for protection of Avindows and glass 
openings of fire-control stations and searchlight structures in out- 
lying positions. (59th Supp. to Mimeo. No. 42, serial No. 481, Eng. 
Dept., May 3, 1911.) 

703. Breakdowns in fire-control installations turned over to the 
Coast Artillery Corps; investigation, repair, etc. (G. O. 124, W. D., 
1911.) 

704. Hereal'ter fire-control installation approved by the Secre- 
tary of War, in progress or completed at coast fortifications, will not 
be changed in any respect without his express sanction. (G. O. 66, 
W. D., 1905.) 

705. Inspection of boilers installed at fortifications by a United 
States inspector of boilers. (E. R., 187.) 

706. Steps to be taken to prevent danger to life and property in 
the installation of electric lighting or power circuits at seacoast 
fortifications. (G. O. 28, W. D., 1911.) 

707. Instructions as to digging in vicinity of underground elec- 
trical cable. (G. O. 93, W. D., 1909.) 

708. Lettering of mortar pits. (G. O. 51, W. D., 1906.) 

709. Keys of emplacements, stations, etc. (W. D., G. O. 172, 
1905; Cir. 16, 1005, 50, 1907.) Of magazhies and storage places. 
(D. R. C. A. 906.) 

710. No apparatus or plant installed in any fortifications, nor any 
article or material belonging to such plant, the efficient operation of 
which Avill thereby be impaired, will be transferred without the 
approval of the Chief of Artillery and the chief of the supply depart- 
ment concerned. (G. O. 62, W. D., 1908, Par. IV, sec. 11.) 

711. No increase of load upon any fortification electric plant 
beyond that contemplated at the time of installation, or transfer of 
the same or any essential part of it, or any change in the electrical 
connections will be made without the approval of the Chief of 
Artillery and the chief of the supply department concerned. (G . O. 
62, W. D., 1908, par. 12.) 



128 FORTIFICATIONS. 

712. Use of fortificatiiiu electric plant by the Quartermaster's 
Department for lighting buildings and grounds. (A. 11., 107G.) 

713. Repairs pertaining to the sphere of responsibility of the 
district artillery engineer and of the post artillery engineer, etc. 
(G. O. 62, W. D., 1908, Par. IV, sees. 13, 14, 15, 34, 35; W. D. G. O. 
107, 1909; 50, 146,1911.) 

714. In order to prevent delays, expense, and unnecessary cor- 
respondence, any damage to or defects iu the engineer work or 
material at any artillery post will, as soon as observed, be communi- 
cated in writing by the artillery district commander directly to the 
district engineer officer, who is authorized to make needed repairs if 
the balances in his hands from the general allotment for ])reservation 
and repair of fortifications are sufficient; otherwise, he will make 
immediate report of the fact to the Chief of Engineers. (G. O. 62, 
W. D., 1908, Par. IV, sec. 43.) 

7J.5. Battery commanders will be responsible for the care, preser- 
vation, and proper handling of the equipment of their batteries and 
stations. They will make no changes in permanent installations. 
They will submit timely requisitions to post staff officer concerned 
for such supplies as may be needed for proper maintenance of equip- 
ment pertaining to their batteries and stations. They will report to 
the post staff officer of the department concerned such defects as they 
can not remedy and such repairs as they can not make with means 
under their control. (G. O. 62, \V. D., 1908, Par. I\', sec. 41.) 

716. The labor incident to the upkeep and repair of emplace- 
ments, fire-control structures, and material installed by the Engineer 
Department at coast artillery posts, and turned over to the coast 
artillery for use and care, will hereafter be furnished by coast artil- 
lery troops in every case where it is possible to do so. The necessary 
material will be supplied by the district engineer officer upon 
requisitions made to him throu'-rh the post and artillery district com- 
manders. (G. O. 31, \V. D., 1910; Artillery Bulletin No. 67 (serial 
No. 78), Feb. 25, 1910.) 

717. Care, preservation, and protection of all Government prop- 
erty at coast artillery subposts by caretaker detachments. (Cir. 65, 
W."d., 1906.) 

718. Manufacturers' printed directions furnished with machinery 
and electrical appliances will have the force of orders in the absence 
of any special instructions that may be issued by the War Depart- 
ment and that may be in conflict therewith. (Cir. 45, W. D., 1908.) 

719. During coast artillery service practice all emplacement 
doors and windows of the battery that is firing will be kept open. 
(G. O. 107, W. D., 1908.) 



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720. Concealment of searchlight shelters. (Mimeo. No. 135, 
serial No. 476, Eng. Dept., Nov. 4, 1910.) 

721. Concealment of seacoast defenses — planting of trees and 
shrubs, painting of superior slopes and visible armament, etc. 
(Mimeo. No. 133, serial No. 471, Eng. Dept., Aug. 2, 1910; Mimeo. 
No. 133, serial No. 484, Eng. Dept., May 8, 1911.) 

722. I'recautions as to visitors visiting coast defenses. (A. R., 
358.) The taking of photographic or other views of permanent works 
of defense will not be permitted. What information may be given 
concerning works of defense, etc. (A. R., 359.) 

723. Supplies to be furnished by the various staff departments 
for the service of seacoast fortifications: 

(a) Engineer Department. 

For fire-control installations. — Will erect all stations (including 
battle and battery commander stations; primary, secondary, and 
supplementary stations for fire commands, mine commands, and 
batteries; searchlight, tide-gauge and meteorological stations, etc.), 
switchboard rooms, and telephone and telautograph niches and 
booths for emplacements and stations, all protected in the best 
manner practicable; it will furnish circular benches around observ- 
ing instruments and plotting boards, and to reduce the noise will 
furnish corrugated rubber floor cloth for the floors of stations and 
telephone booths; it will also furnish searchlights and the electric 
; lower current required for all fire-control purposes (except that 
derived from Signal Corps storage batteries installed to operate 
telautographs), together with electric lamps and other material for 
lighting all stations, etc.; it will also furnish and install all wiring, 
underground or overhead, for lighting and power. 

For fortifications and their accessories. — Will supply and install all 
necessary electrical appliances and apparatus for furnishing light 
and power, including linoleum for dynamo and engine rooms, switch- 
boards and instruments attached thereto, and searchlight equip- 
ments, with the exception of the motors permanently attached to the 
gun and mortar carriages, and except where central electric plantfl 
have been installed which provide current for the post as well as the 
fortifications, in which case the necessary supplies, etc., will be 
furnish(!d in accordance with the pro\d8ions of paragraph 1068, Army 
Regulations [A. R., 1076, 1910]. The Engineer Department will 
also make repairs to the fortifications, including the ramps, gutters, 
etc., connected therewith. It will also, as funds permit, supply 
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130 FORTIFICATIONS. 

ret^erve laiit«mR for use in permanent eeacoapt batteries and fire- 
conlrol stations in case of failure of electric current. For fortifica- 
tions and buildings accessory thereto, constructed by the Engineer 
Department, that department will furnish and install all necessary 
interior water and sewer apparatus and fixtures, and will make the 
necessary connections with mains provided by the Quartermaster's 
Department when the distance to such mains is not greater than 100 
feet measured from the exterior lines of the Engineer Department 
structures. (G. O. 5, W. D., 1909, amended by G. O. 76. W. D., 1910.) 

(b) Signal L'oips. 

For Ji rc-control installations.— ^\ ill supply all instruments for 
communication. This will include all kinds of telephones, tele- 
graphs, telautographs, and megaphones which may from time to time 
be prescribed, with their primary and storage batteries, storage- 
battery switchboards, motor generators, boosters, and the necessary 
cables of all kinds required for operating and interconnecting them. 
It will also sup]ily electrical clocks, time-interval bells, firing signals, 
zone signals, aeroscopes, field glasses, telescopes (other than battle, 
fire, and mine commander's telescopes), and meterological instru- 
ments. It will fmnish and iastall all submarine cables for commu- 
nication, including the construction of cable terminals, but excluding 
cover for the terminals or the cable approaches. It will also furnish 
all cable for communication by overhead or underground lines and 
the necessary terminal boxes. In case of underground lines the 
cables will be placed in trenches or ducts by the Engineer Depart- 
ment. In case of overhead lines tiey will be installed by the Signal 
Corps. \\Tien practicable any pole lines which have been installed 
by the Engineer Department for light and power wires may, Avith 
the consent of that department, be utilized by the Signal Corps for 
any of these wires. It will supply each garrisoned coast artillery 
post having a standard fire-control installation with the following 
equipment: One electrical engineer's tool chest, one inspector's 
pocket kit, and one tool bag. To each coast artillery post equipped 
with a provisional fire-control installation it will supply a post tool 
chest. 

The Signal Corps will supply all the necessary liiies and means of 
electrical commujiication, includuig telephones, dial and other tele- 
graphs, wiring, all recessary electrical instruments not permanently 
attached to the switchboard, including portable ammeters and port- 
able voltmeters, and such special instruments as may be directed 
to be supplied by the Secretary of \\&r. (G. O. 5, W. D., 1909.) 



FORTIFICATIONS. 131 

(c) Ordnance Department. 

For fire-control installations. — Will supply range finders, observa- 
tion telescopes, plotting boards, deflection boards, range boards, wind 
component indicators, azimuth instruments, time-interval recorders, 
scale arms, range tables, prediction scales, set forward rulers, mine 
prediction rulers, predicters, range rods, time range boards, drawing 
instruments and materials, etc., prescribed for use in connection 
with the fire control and direction sj'stem for coast fortifications and 
for the control of mine fields. 

The Ordnance Department will funiish all motors to be attached 
to gun and mortar carriages and mechanical loading apparatus, in- 
cluding motor generators, switchboards, terminal boxes, resistances, 
flexible metallic conduits, dry-cell batteries, magneto-generators, con- 
ductors, connections, etc., required for the power, illumination, and 
firing circuits attached to carriages; will supply all bench and hand 
tools and applian ces for engineer power plants and ordnance repair 
shops, including supplies for the latter; will furnish and install, in 
buildings provided by the Quartermaster's Department, such 
machines, tools, etc., as may be prescribed for ordnance repair shops; 
will make all necessarj^ repairs to guns, carriages, instruments of the 
fire control and direction system furnished by it, including imple- 
ments accessories, tools, etc.; will furnish thermometers and hy- 
grometers for use in connection with the ventilation of magazines, 
and stencils for all gun and mortar letters and figures for designating 
emplacements, etc.. Clinometers and rests for each caliber and 
model of the gun in service will be supplied by the nearest district 
armament ofiicer of the Ordnance Department whenever needed by 
artillery officers in complying with the requirements of General 
Orders, No. 65, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's office, 
1901. (G. 0.5, W.D., 1909.) 

{d) Quartermaster's Department. 

For fire-control stations, etc. — Will supply stationery, heating 
apparatus, oil lamps, and furniture (not including rubber floor cloth 
nor circular benches for observers and plotters). 

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish all fuel and engine 
supplies, such as waste, lubricating oils, oil lamps, brooms, brushes, 
coal-handling and fire tools and appliances, etc., necessary for the 
maintenance, operation, and preservation of all electric plants; 



132 FORTIFICATIONS. 

for central plants which furnish current to the post as well as to 
the fortifications, it will, in addition, furnish all material and funda 
necessary for their repair and preservation (A. R., 1068.) [A. R., 
1076, 1910.] It will also furnish such materials as may be needed 
for the use of the battery mechanics, all prass-cutting tools, and all 
carpenter's tools. When under the pro^-isions of paragraph 1.523, 
Army Regulations [A. R., 1528, 1910], any seacoast post, or any part 
of it, has been turned over to and garrisoned by the coast artillery, 
all repairs to the post buildings and to all plumbing, water supply, 
and sewtr systems, roads, walks, and grounds will be made by the 
Quartermaster's Department, governed in this work by the pro-, i- 
sions of paragraph 1522, Army Regulations [A. R., 1527, 1910.] 
The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the water required 
for all purposes at seacoast fortifications, and will y)ro\nde all neces- 
sary fire hydrants and all water and sewer mains. For all buildings 
constructed by the Quartermaster's Department that department 
will also fm-nish and install all necessary interior water and sewer 
apparatus and fixtures and will make the necessary connections 
with water and sewer mains. 

Artillery district commanders will have prepared and forward 
through military channels for action of the Quartermaster General 
estimates, with jilans and detailed information relative thereto, for 
water and sewer extensions required to make connections with forti- 
fications and buildings accessory thereto constructed by the Engi- 
neer Department up to the point where under j)aragraph 5, G. O. 5, 
W. D., 1909, the Engineer Department mains and pipes are con- 
nected \^^th those provided under paragraph 8, G. 0. 5, W. D., 1909. 
(G. O. 5, W. D., 1909.) 

724. Allowance of furniture for position-finding stations at coast 
artillery posts furnished by the Quartermaster's Department. 
(G. 0. 45, W. D., 1906.) 

725. Allowance of reserve lanterns for seacoast batteries. (Mimeo. 
No. 77, serial No. 450, Eng. Dept., Aug. 25, 1909.) 

726. Difference charts, when to be used; material to be supplied 
for. (G. O. 166, W. D., 1907.) 

727. Peace storage magazines, at what posts to be constructed. 
(2d Supp. to Mimeo. No. 38, serial No. 475, Eng. Dept., Nov. 4, 
1910.) 

728. Except when they are in actual use, time range boards will 
be removed from the walls of emplacements and stored so that they 
will be ])rotccted from the weather. (C. A. M. No. 7, W. D., 1909.) 



FUNDS. 133 

FUNDS. 

Regimental, bakery, company, and mess. 

729. Regulations. (A. R., 316-334, 337, 338, 350, 913, 1159, 
1229.) 

730. No projects by which money will accrue will be entered 
upon under color of military control without specific authority 
from the War Department. (A. R., 323.) 

731. Under no cii'cumstances will regimental, bakery, com- 
pany, mess, hospital, post exchange, or band funds be taken away 
from the post where the organization to which they pertain is sta- 
tioned, except as may be necessary to pay indebtedness or for deposit 
in a bank. 

Should the officer who is custodian of any of these funds be absent 
from the post, on leave or otherwise, for any period beyond 3 and 
less than 10 days, he will leave the funds with the officer acting in 
bis place, taking memorandum receipt therefor. If an officer is to 
be absent for more than 10 days he will regularly ti'ansfer the funds 
of which he is custodian to his successor. 

Company, post exchange, bakery, and other funds authorized by 
A. R., 316, will, if deposited in a bank, be jjlaced under their official 
designation, as, for example, company fund. Company B, Twenty- 
first Infantry, and not to the credit of the officer who is custodian. 
(A. R., 324.) 

732. The provisions of A. R., 320 and 321, 1908 (A. R., 323, 
324, 1910), are applicable to regimental and other trust funds. 
If these funds have been loaned with a view to earning interest and 
without specific authority in each case from the War Department, 
the person responsible for the loaning would be a proper subject for 
disciplinary measures. (Chief of Staff, Mar. 27, 1909; 12835-C, 
O. I. G.) 

733. The piu-chase from regimental, bakery, company, or mess 
funds of any article which can be obtained on requisition from a 
.supply department is forbidden, except that, with the apjjroval of 
the post commander, such articles may be purchased if necessity 
exists for their immediate use and they are not on hand for issue at 
the post. (A. R., 322.) 

734. Paragraph 318, A. R., 1904, is not held to apply in 
its restrictions to ration articles, the word "articles" as therein 
contained being interpreted to mean those of a permanent or semi- 
permanent natxire, as brooms, scrubbing brushes, tableware, kitchen 



134 FUNDS. 

utensils, etc. (Memo. Asst. to Chief of Staff, approved by Acting 
Secretary of War Apr. 9, 1908; 12305, O. I. G.) 

Note.— A. R., 318, 1904, is continued as A. R., 322, 1910. 

735. Pay forfeited by sentence of court-martial can accrue to the 
United States only. A sentence can not forfeit (appropriate, or 
"stop") pay for the reimbursement or benefit of an individual, civil 
or military, however justly the same may be due him, either for 
money borrowed, stolen, or embezzled by the accused, or to satisfy 
any other pecuniary liability of the accused whether in the nature 
of debt or damages; nor can a sentence forfeit pay for the support or 
benefit of the family of the accused, or for the benefit of a company 
fund, post fund, hospital fund, etc., none of these funds being money 
of the United States. But as the post exchange, company, and simi- 
lar funds are agencies or instrumentalities of the Government, the 
pay of officers and soldiers may be stopped without sentence to reim- 
burse these funds. (D. J. A.' G., 1384, 1424, 2384.) 

736. The act of May 26, 1900, does not prohibit the payment of 
extra-duty pay where such extra pay is not derived from an appro- 
priation of Congress. (J. A. G., July 31, 1906; 11009-A, O. I. G.) 
Under this ruling enlisted men receiving or entitled to receive 
foreign-service pay, may receive extra pay from company, bakery, 
mess, and exchange funds, for services as cooks, bakers, attendants, 
etc. 

737. Empty flour sacks and barrels may lawfully be sold by a post 
bakery, company, or general mess, and the proceeds of the sale taken 
up and accounted for in the proper fund. (('ir. 11, W. D., 1908.) 

738. Councils of administration. (A. R., 316-321.) 

739. In case of loss of regimental, bakery, exchange, company, or 
mess funds, the circumstances will be carefully investigated and 
reported by the post council, with recommendation as to responsi- 
bility, for the decision of the division commander. (A. R., 321.) 
See also M. M. D., 311. 

740. Inspection of, by Inspector General's Department. (A. R., 
913, par. 17.) 

741. Remimeration for outside engagements of bands. (See par. 
567, ante.) 

742. Band fund, Coast Artillery Corps. (A. R., 326.) 

743. The purchase of a typewriter, if its intended use is to "facil- 
itate the transaction of regimental business," is authorized from 
regimental fund under A. R., 322, 1908 [A. R., 325, 1910] (Secre- 
tary of AVar, Aug. 17, 1909; 13541, O. T. G.) 



FUNDS. 135 

744. The printing of a roster of troops serving in an artillery dis- 
trict will facilitate the transaction of business and the military 
administration of the district to such an extent as to warrant the 
appropriation of a portion of the band fund, Coast Artillery Corps, 
for that purpose. If a portion of the band fund can be used for 
printing, it naturallj^ follows that it can with equal propriety be 
applied to the purchase of type and a press. (Op. of J. A. G., 
approved by .Secretary of War Apr. 9, 1910; 14078, O. I. G.) 

745. In accounting for the funds of a volunteer band, all receipts 
and expenditures are to be entered on the fund account as indicated 
in A. R., 323, 1908 [A. R. 326, 1910] (14529, O. I. G.) 

746. The company fund, which will consist of the gross amounts 
of money received from all sources, is received by the company 
commandei" and, with the concurrence of the company council, is 
disbursed by him solely for the benefit of the company. (A. R. 331.) 

747. The company fund is not intended for expenditure in the 
purchase of articles to facilitate the transaction of business in a com- 
pany. On the contrary the legitimate and i)roper application of this 
fund is in supplementing the articles already furnished by the supply 
departments for the purpose of increasing the comfort, pleasure, con- 
tentment, mental and physical improvement of the organization. 
To accomplish this purpose, disbursements of company fund are 
authorized; disbursements for all other purposes are unauthorized. 
(Cir. 6, W. D., 1904.) 

748. Circular 6, War Department, 1904, is construed as not pro- 
hibiting the purchase or repair of typewriting machines from the 
company fund, pro\'ided the officer responsible for expenditures 
from that fund decides that the same are made solely for the benefit 
of the company and for the purpose of increasing the comfort, pleas-* 
ure, and contentment of the enlisted men. (Cir. 56, W. D., 1906). 

749. The decision of the War Department in the matter of expend- 
itiu-es from company fund for blank passes, score cards (expert rifle- 
men's course), rubber stamps, and clothing lists, is indicated in the 
following extract from A. G. 0. indorsement dated August 27, 1909: 

"Under date of October 10, 1906, the Acting Secretary of War 
decided, with respect to a purchase of articles somewhat similar to 
those now under consideration, as follows: 

'"No authority from the Department appears necessary for thia 
purchase under the regulations; provided the officers charged with 
the duty decide that this article is solely for the benefit of the company 
and is for the purpose of increasing the comfort, pleasure and con- 
tentment of the organization. As Circular No. 6, War Department, 



136 FUNDS. 

1904, is nioroly explanatory of the regulations and affords an excel- 
lent g:iiide for the judgment of the officers responsible, no occasion 
for its repeal is seen.' 

' ' This derision seems to cover the rase in point. The money value 
of the articles in question appears to be very small, and the depart- 
ment commander and the post commander, taking into consideration 
all the facts in the case which they have at hand, should decide 
whether or not the expenditure was a proper one under existing 
regulations. The policy of the War Department has been to place 
a liberal construction upon the words 'solely for the benefit of the 
company for the purpose of increasing the comfort, pleasure and 
contentment of the organization. '" (13527-A, O. I. (\.) 

750. Seeds for post gardens may be purchased from company 
funds. (A. R., 353.) 

751. So long as enamel ware can not be secured from the Quarter- 
master's Department, the purchai^e of it from the company fund is a 
proper expenditure. (Secretary of War, July 12. 1909; 13301, 
O. I. G.) 

752. The purcha.se of the "Bulls-eye Score Book" (formerly the 
Army and Navy Target Book) from company fund is not authorized. 
(Secretary of War, Mar. 25, 1909; 13128, O. I. G.) See Cir. 79, W. D., 
1910. 

753. The purchase of heavy lounging chairs, writing table, card 
tables, rugs, etc., to be placed in the company recreation room, is a 
proper expenditure from the company fund. (Op. J. A. G., ap- 
proved by the Secretary of War, Nov. 9, 1909; 13710, O. I. G.) 

754. The purchase of aprons for company cooks from company 
funds is deemed to be authorized by Circular (5, W. D., 1904. 
•(Chief of Staff, Sept. 5, 1905; 10274, O. 1. G.) 

Note. — White coats and trousers are issued to cooks and bakers by 
the Quartermaster's Department at cost price. (Cir. 60, W. D., 
1907.) 

755. The purchase, for use of company cooks, of khaki trousers 
"in lieu of the white suits" issued by the Quartermaster's Depart- 
ment, is not a proper expenditure from company fund. (Secretary 
of War, Apr. 12, 1910; 14120, O. I. G.) 

756. Prizes in rifle competitors are not permissible exi)enditures 
from the company fund under existing regulations as interpreted 
by Circular 6, W. D., 1904. (Secretary of War, Dec. 18, 190(5; 
11274, O. I. G.) 

757. The sa\'ing of the lard ration and purchasing in lieu else- 
where, from (he com})an\- fund, of lard ct)mpoimd, is u violation of 



FUNDS. 137 

A. R., 1238, 1908 (1242, 1910). (Commissary General, concurred in 
by the Secretary of War, Mar. 29, 1911; 13513-A, O. I. G.) 

758. A reqiiest for authority to expend, out of the post exchange 
dividends of a company fund, for the benefit of the married enlisted 
men messing separately, "the same amount per man as is spent for 
the mess fund' of the unmarried men per man," was disapproved by 
the War Department January 11, 1911. (14856, O. I. G.) 

759. In the case of an appeal by a company commander against 
the orders of the post and department commanders directing him to 
reimburse the company fund with an amount expended for "a set of 
Moss-Dai ton records," the War Department decided. May 17, 1910, 
that the post and department commanders were within their rights 
in the matter. (14179, O. I. G.) 

760. Paying a man to look after a pool table should increase the 
profits therefrom; and paying men to cultivate a garden should in- 
crease its output. The post commander's statement shows that 
company * * * gained materially by paying for such services. 
These expenditures from the company fund benefited the company, 
and solelj' the company, if the men employed were paid no more 
than their extra services for the company were worth. 

Paragraph 329, Army Regulations, 1904 (A. R., 333, 1910), author- 
izes paying an enlisted man extra compensation from company 
funds for cooking food for a company. The same principle would 
permit paying a gardener for providing food for a company. It is 
only a step further in the same direction to paying a pool table at- 
tendant for increasing the funds with which food may be purchased 
for a company. 

It is recommended that the expenditures reported in this case be 
approved . 

The Inspector General was consulted, and concurs in the above 
recommendation, adding, however, that unduly large expenditures 
for the purposes in question should not be made. (Report of Asst. 
to the Chief of Staff, approved by the Acting Secretary of War Mar. 
31, 1908; 12240, O. I. G.) 

761. Expenditures from company fund for payment of extra pay 
to a room orderly or to a lavatory orderly are not authorized. (Sec- 
retary of War, May 15, 1911; 15052-A, O. I. G.) 

762. In payment of extra-duty pay to company cooks, A. R., 
329, 1904, should be strictly complied with. Recommendation 
that the paragraph cited (329) be amended so as to give greater 
latitude in the payment of company cooks from company funds was 



138 FUNDS. 

not favorably considered by the ^\'ar Deparimeur. (Secretary of 
War, May 29, 1906; 1080&-A, O. I. G.) 

Note.— A. R., 329, 1904, is same as A. R., 333, 1910. 

763. Where soldiers are detached for duty as members of machine 
gun platoons and at rifle competitions, an allotment to improve their 
mess can be ordered by the department, regimental, or post com- 
mander from the fund of the organization to which they belong. 
(Inspector General of the Army, approved by Secretary of War July 
28, 1908; 12515, 12518, 0. I. G.) 

764. Money accruing from the ration and savings account of an 
organization will be spent only for food. (A. R., 1242.) 

765. The establishment of company exchanges or other under- 
takings not authorized by the Army Regulations or the orders or 
instructions of the War Department, for the purpose of accumulating 
company funds, is prohibited. (G. O. 165, W. D., 1906.) 

766. The establishment of company barber shops and of com- 
pany billiard and pool tables, from which revenues may be derived, 
is authorized. All funds accruing therefrom will be acc(junted for 
as part of the company fund. (G. O. 28, W. D., 191 1, Par. II. ) 

767. The amount of an enlisted man's indebtedness to the com- 
pany barber shop or billiard and pool tables, established under 
paragraph II, G. 0. 28, W. D., 1911, can not be charged against 
him on the company pay rolls. (Op. J. A. G., concurred in by 
Secretary of War, June 29, 1911; 15282, O. I. G.) 

768. Companies or detachments are not authorized to act as 
agents for laundries doing business at a post through an agent. 
(Secretary of War, Apr. 3, 1911; 14983-B, O. I. G.) 

769. When rations obtained from the commissary are found by 
a surveying officer to have been lost, or destroyed, through unavoid- 
able circumstances, so that those for whom they were procured were 
insufficiently subsisted and money is expended from the company 
fund for necessary subsistence, the company fund may be reimbursed 
by the Subsistence Department for the amount so expended upon a 
full statement of the circumstances of the case and the approval of 
the Secretary of War. (M. S. D., 187.) 

770. Fuel or mineral oil issued to troops can not be sold for the 
benefit of company fund. (A. R., 1058, 1072.) 

771. No troop should have to exceed three cows and eight hogs. 
(Dec. Chief of Staff, Jan. 13, 1906; 10528, 0. I. G.) 

772. Debts due company fund by a deserter can not be deducted 
from balance of pay and allowances forfeited by desertion. (Cir. 
5, W. I)., 1903.) 



rUNDS. 139 

773. Stoppages on pay rolLs on uecouiit of dues to company fund 
should be limited to reimbursements for loss of money pertaining 
thereto, or for damages to property purchased therefrom when stop- 
page is directed by proper authority after responsibility is estab- 
lished. (M. P. D., 949.) 

774. The amount of any loss that an exchange may sustain in 
consequence of the failure of a soldier to pay for articles properly 
bought on credit, whether by his discharge without sufficient money 
due on his final statements to pay the debt, or by his desertion, will 
be deducted from the share of the profits of the company or organ- 
ization to which the defaulter belongs. (Par. 17, G. O. 176, W. D., 
1909.) 

775. The loaning of any portion of a company fund to a regi- 
mental fund is irregular and is in conflict with A. R., 321, 1908 
(324, 1910). (Secretary of War, Oct. 29, 1910; 14537, 0. I. G. ) 

776. The loaning of money out of the company fund to an 
eidisted man of the company, the other members of the company 
guaranteeing to reimburse the amount in case of loss, is highly 
improper, unseemly, and not conducive to discipline. (Views of 
the Inspector General of the Army, concurred in by the Secretary 
of War, Mar. 6, 1911; 15015, O. I. G.) 

777. The custodian of a company fund may cash final state- 
ments without profit, and may retain a small portion until settle- 
ment by the paymaster; the balance to be transmitted to the soldier 
as soon as the actual status of the account is known. (M. P. D., 
38.) 

778. The company commander will keep an account of the 
company fund, which will be inspected by the post, regimental, 
battalion, or squadron commander at least once each quarter. 
(A. R., 332.) 

779. The fund of the hospital, or of a detachment or band having 
a separate mess, is regarded as a company fund. (A. R., 331; 
U. M. D., 309.) 

780. Hospitalfund. (A. R., 316-318, 320-324, 331, 332; M. M. D., 
292, 307-322, 353, 365, 369, 593.) 

781. Moneys accruing to thefundof a detachment of the Hospital 
Corps, together with the proceeds from the ration and savings ac- 
count of the sick in hospital, and the commutation of rations paid to 
the surgeon conformably to A. R., 1234, belong to the hospital fund. 
(A. R.,331.) 

782. Under A. R., 328, 1908 (A. R., 331, 1910), the gross amounts 
of all money received by the hospital fund must be entered in the 



140 FUNDS. 

fund account and properly accounted for. (Secretary of War, Jan. 
17, 1911; 14875, 0. I. G.) 

783. The surgeon of a post or command, or the commanding 
officer of a general hospital or other sanitary formation, will keep, 
account for, and expend the hospital fund, according to the instruc- 
tions of the Surgeon General, exclusively for the benefit of the 
sick in hospital and of the enlisted men of the Hospital Corps and 
members of the Nurse Corps on duty therein. (A. R., 1484.) 

784. The War Department has no objection to allowing enlisted 
men of the Hospital Corps on duty in a hospital and messing sepa- 
rately, the pri\'ilege of purchasing food supplies from those pur- 
chased out of the hospital fund, from outside dealers, at cost price, 
provided the arrangement is properly supervised and guarded, the 
sale to be kept on the accounts of the hospital mess and the receipts 
properly accounted for on the statement of the hospital fund. 
(Secretary of War, Sept. 25, 1911; 15240, O. I. G.) 

785. Cows may be purchased from hospital fund upon authority 
of chief surgeons. (M. M. D., 316.) 

786. The hospital gardener may be paid not exceeding .$10 per 
month from the hospital fund, when authorized by chief surgeon. 
(M. M. D., 314.) 

787. Gratuities to hospital cooks and assistant cooks. (M. M. D., 
314.) 

788. Purchase of ice from hospital fund. (M. M. D., 323.) 

789. The purchase from the hospital fund of liquors (wines, beer, 
etc.), except for use of the sick in hospital, is prohibited. (M. M. D., 
315.) 

790. Receipts for expenditures of hospital fund for which the 
responsible officer claims credit are required to accompany the 
accounts when audited under paragraph 313, Army Regulations, or 
283, Manual for the Medical Department. (Dec. Acting Secretary 
of War, Oct. 29, 1907; 12006, O. I. G.) 

AjOTE.— A. R., 313, 1904, is same as A. R., 317, 1910; M. M. D., 
283, 1906, isM. M. D., 320, 1911. 

791. It is not deemed advisable to require vouchers to hospital 
fund accoimt to be made in duplicate; the inspection by the Inspec- 
tor-General's Department should cover the hospital fund account to 
date if practicable, but if any vouchers have been forwarded to the 
chief surgeon of the department and not received back (see M. M. 
D., 283), the inspector should note this fact and what vouchers are 
missing. (Secretary of War, Aug. 9, 1907; 11829, O. I. G.^ 

Ts^oTp _M. M. D., 283, 1906, is M. M. D., 320, 1911. 



FUNDS. 141 

792. The restrictions imposed on the custody of funds by A. R., 
320, 1904, as amended by i)aragraph 1, G. 0., 32, W. D., 1908, are 
not intended to have any bearing upon the working of paragraph 
287, Manual for the Medical Department, 1906. (Secretary of War, 
Mar. 13, 1908; 8340-AA, O. I. G.) 

Note.— A. R. 320, 1904, as amended, is same as A. R., 324, 1910. 
Paragraph 287, M. M. D., 1906, is same as paragraph 317, M. M. D., 
1911. 

793. The inspection of the hospital fund by the commanding 
officer should develop the fact whether or not the post surgeon com- 
plies with A. R., 1479 (A. R., 1484, 1910), with respect to the 
fond being spent "exclusively for the benefit of the sick in 
hospital and of the enlisted men of the Hospital Corps and 
members of the Niu-se Corps on duty therein;" the correctness 
of the account; that the surgeon has in his possession the cash the 
account shows him to be responsible for. If the inspection should 
be made at a time when the vouchers are at department headquar- 
ters, proper notation should be made and the inspection completed 
upon the retiu-n of the vouchers. The post commander has no power 
to revise the action of the chief surgeon, but if, in his opinion, the 
fund is not expended as contemplated by the paragraph cited, it is 
his duty to report the facts in the case to the commanding general 
of the department, who will in tm'n bring the matter before the Sur- 
geon General and have it decided by competent authority. The 
object of the inspection is evidently to have a disinterested person 
on the ground go over the account, verify the cash, and report any 
irregularity if such, in his opinion, should exist. (Views of Inspec- 
tor General of the Army concurred in by the Surgeon General, and 
the Secretary of War, Oct. 5, 1910; 14572, O. I. G.) 

794. WTien troops are transiently at a post or station for a period 
of less than 10 days they are not entitled to share in the bakery 
profits. (A. R., 327.) 

795. Method of making an equitable distribution of the earnings 
of the post bakery, referred to in A. R., 324, 1908 (A. R., 327, 1910) 
will be determined by the post council of administration. (Cir. 76, 
W. D., 1910.) 

796. The expense of the bakery will be restricted to the extra 
pay of the bakers, the purchase of articles necessary for making 
bread and utensils not furnished by the supply departments, and 
the cost of power used in the operation of authorized bread-making 
machinery. These expenses must be paid from the bakery fund. 
(A. R., 338.) 



142 GUARD DUTY. 

797. Popt bakers should be i>rovide(l wilh 12 aprons and 4 caps 
each, furnished and laundered at the expense of the bakery fund. 
(M. A. B.,9].) 

798. The purchase of soap from the Subsistence Department by 
the post bakery is fully authorized bf)th by A. R., 338 and 1263, 
1910. It is not believed that soap should be issued by the Sub- 
sistence Dey)artment to the ])08t bakery. (Commissary General 
roncnrred in by the Secretary of War, May 1, 1911; 15154, O. I. G.) 

GENERAL STAFF CORPS. 

799. Compilation and condensation of existing law, regulations, 
and orders relating to the General Staff Corps, including the detail 
and duties of the Chief of Staff; the submission to him of annual 
reports of division and department commanders and bureau chiefs, 
etc.; the organization of his office, with rules for the transaction of 
the business thereof; detail in, and duties of the General Staff Corps, 
etc. (G. O., 68, W. D., 1911.) See also 474, ante. 

GUARD DUTY. 

800. At all posts or stations where there are two or more com- 
panies, guard and fatigue duties will be performed in turn by 
Qrganizatious or subdivisions thereof. When an organization is 
detailed to form the guard the commander thereof will be the offi- 
cer of the day and the junior officers thereof will be the officers of the 
guard. The organization may, in the discretion of the command- 
ing officer, be inspected on its own parade by its commander and 
marched to the post of the guard by the senior subordinate. 

When details of subdivisions of a company are made for guard 
duty, the detail of officer of the day, officer of the guard, if any, and 
musicians of the guard, will be made by roster. (M. G. D., 12, 
amended by G. O. 210, W. D., 1910.) See G. O. 193, W. D., 1910. 

801. At coast artillery posts, each company in turn, except as 
otherwise provided for in G. O. 88, W. D., 1907, will furnish the 
entire enlisted strength of the post guard. (G. O. 88, W. D., 1907.) 

802. Guard mounting, parade, and other ceremonies may be 
held at coast artillery posts after 1 o'clock p. m. (G. O. 136, W. D., 
1911.) 

803. Yield artillery troops are no longer exempt from post guard, 
police, and fatigue duty. (G. O. 179, W. D., J907, rescinding A. R., 
368, 1904, and M. G. D., 14, 1902.) 



GUARD DUTY, 143 

804. The strength of post guards, as far as practicable, will be 
made so as to insure privates an interval of not less than six days 
between tours, or only one tour in seven days. When the number 
of available men at a post is not sufficient to fulfill this requirement, 
extra and special duty men should be regularly detailed for night 
guard duty, still performing their usual duties in the day time. 
"When it becomes necessary to detail extra and special duty men for 
guard, a roster of such men containing a record of the guard duty per- 
formed by each will be kept by the sergeant major under supervision 
of the adjutant. (M. G. D., 27, amended by G. O. 210, W. D., 1910.) 

805. Officer of the day will visit the guard and sentinels at least 
once between 12 o'clock midnight and daylight, and when there is 
no officer of the guard, he will visit each relief at least once while 
it is on post. (M. G. D., 50.) 

806. Arsenals and armories are exempt from the requirements 
of the second section of paragraph 55, Manual of Guard Duty, 1902, 
as amended by G. O., 189, W. D., 1906, directing the officer of 
the day to visit the guard and sentinels between 12 o'clock mid- 
night and daylight. (Ordnance Orders, 24, 1906; 11152-A., O. I. G.) 

Note.— M. G. D., 55, of 1902 is same as M. G. D., 50, of 1908. 

807. The commander of the guard will visit each relief at least 
once while it is on post, and at least one of these visits will be made 
between 12 o'clock midnight and daylight. (M. G. D., 64.) 

808. The detail of officers of the guard will be limited to the 
necessities of the service and efficient instruction; inexperienced 
officers may be detailed as supernumerary officers of the guard for 
the purpose of instriiction. (M. G. D., 23.) 

809. Orderlies for commanding officers shall be selected daily 
from the guard at guard mounting. * * * The unauthorized 
practice of detailing permanent orderlies has a tendency to establish 
a very objectionable connection between orderly duties proper and 
other employments not purely of a military character; this practice 
is, therefore, prohibited. (Cir. 10, A. G. O., 1890.) 

810. Sentences imposing tours of guard duty are forbidden. 
(A. R., 980.) 

811. By detachments of the Signal Corps. (Cir. 48, W. D., 1904.) 

812. Sentries on duty at docks (seacoast posts) are to be instructed 
to report promptly any vessel that is about to anchor in the vicinity 
of military cables and to warn the master of such vessel that he is 
endangering the cables and is liable to prosecution if any damage is 
done. Additional sentries will not be posted for this purpose except 
when absolutely necessary. (G. O., 165, W. D., 1905.) 



144 GUNS AND CARRIAGES. 

813. For batteries oi field artillery. [W. D., G. O. 162, 1904; 
131, 1907; 21G, 1910; Ordnance pamphlets Nos. 1659, 1761, 1771.) 

814. Distribution of load on 3-inch field carriage. (Cir. 8, W. D., 
1907.) 

815. Kind of guns to be used in firing blank ammunition. (( i . O. 
22, W. D., ]911, par. 24.) 

816. (inns for machine-gun j.latoons. (G. O. 113, W. D., 1906; 
Ordnance pamphlet No. 1770.1 

817. Precautions to be tixken to avt)id. after cessation of firing, 
the possibility of a cartridge remaining in the barrel of the Maxim 
automatic machine gun, caliber .30, model of 1904. and its being 
discharged by the heat of the barrel. (G. O. 99, W. D., 1910.) 

818. Assembling and mounting of guns and carriages in seacoast 
fortifications. (Cu-. 19, A. G. O., 1898.) 

819. Numbering of guns and mortars at fixed batteries, ((x. O. 
51, W. D., 1906; D. R. 0. A., 855.) 

820. Inspection of seacoast guns during closed season. (See 
par. 106, ante.) 

821. Rules for the inspection of guns, gun carriages, etc., turned 
over to the artUlery. (G. O. 65, A. G. 0., 1901.) 

822. Guns mounted on disappearing carriages will be kept habit- 
ually in the loading position, which is at an angle of elevation of 
about 5°. Guns not mounted on disappearing carriages will be 
kept habitually at an angle of dejjression of about 5°. 

Mortars will be habitually elevated so that they will be parallel 
to the piston rod with the breech cover left off. The translating 
roller will be left in place. At posts where the sand blows into the 
breech mechanism and at all posts during the cold season where snow 
and ice may collect and form around the breech mechanism, the 
mortar will be kept horizontal with the breech cover on. 

All seacoast guns will be kept habitually with breech and muzzle 
covers on when not in use. (Cir. 76, W. D., 1907; D. R. C. A., 860, 
861.) 

823. The firing of mortars at greater angles of elevation than 65° 
is not authorized. (Chief of Ordnance, Feb. 13, 1909; 12819, O. I. G.) 

824. No cannon that may hereafter be mounted in a seacoast 
fortification will be fired by the coast artillery until the artillery 
district commander has been notified in writing by the district 
armament oiliccr that the iannt)n and its carriage have been proof- 
fired and are in condition for use. (G. O. 220, W. D.. 1909.) 



GUNS AND CARRIAGES. 145 

825. Precautions and responsibility for safety in firing guns- 
Coast artillery (D. R. C. A., 647-658, 684); field artillery (G. o! 
46, W. D., 1911, par. 33); with blank ammunition (G. O. 22, W. D., 
1911, par. 24). 

826. Danger zones of richocliets from seacoast guns with, reference 
to safpty of vessels. (Art. Bull. No. 65, serial No. 76, Oct. 19, 1909.) 

827. Electric circuits used on seacoast gun carriages. (\V. D., 
G. O. 194. 1906; 94, 1907; 70, 1909.) 

828. Computations for elevation scales for seacoast guns. (W. D. 
Cirs. 7, 1906, 23, 1907.) 

829. Instructions for adjusting gas-check pads for all calibers and 
models of guns. (Cir. 46, A. G. O., 1902.) 

830. Instructions for adjusting the safety attachment to 4.7-inch 
and 6-inch Armstrong rapid-fire guns. (Cir. 59, A. G. 0., 1902.) 

831. Instructions for pulling ol)turating friction primers. (Cir. 47, 
A. G. O., 1902; D. R. C. A., 347-352.) 

832. Terms batteries '"in service," "out of service," "in commis- 
sion," and "out of commission" defined. (D. R. C. A., 832.) 

833. Care of seacoast guns and carriages. (D. R. C. A., 599, 833, 
834, 856-876.) 

834. All disappearing guns in commission shall be tripped at least 
once each week. All guns in commission shall be elevated and 
depressed between limits at least once each week. All carriages in 
commission shall be traversed between stops once each week. Guns 
and carriages out of commission shall be tripped, elevated, de- 
pressed, and traversed at least once each month. (D. R. C. A., 834.) 

83.5. Instnutions for the care and cleaning of recoil cylinders. 
(D. R. C. A., 849, 862, 869.) 

836. Firing mechanisms should not be left on any gun or mortar 
out of servic?. but should be kept dismantled in the box provided 
for the puri>o.-^e. All parts must be kept oiled and entirely free from 
dust. (D. R. C. A.,876.) 

837. The breechblocks of 10-inch and 12-inch breech-loading 
rifles, model 1888, mounted on barbette carriages, should not be 
opened when the gun has an elevation of more than i°. * * * 
Neither of these guns should be elevated or depressed while the 
breech is open. (D. R. C. A., 875.) 

838. Instructions relative to the adjustment of the friction devices 
of the elevating mechanisms of seacoast carriages, with table showing 
maximum allowable weight and where weight may be applied . (Cir. 
13, W. D., 1910.) 

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146 GUNS AND CARRIAGES. 

83i). Instnictions a« to the \iko of oil on guns and carnages, kinds 
of oil, etc. (Cir. 29, W. D., 1910; D. R. C. A., 848.) 

840. Methods for making repairs and alterations to seacoast giins 
and carriages and their accessories, implements, and equipments, 
and to instruments of the fire-control system issued by the Ordnance 
Department. (G. O. 62, W. D., 1908," Par. IV, sec. 23; A. R. 1559- 
1561.) 

841. Inspection and repair of ordnance materiel issued for the 
instruction of coast artillery organizations of the Organized Militia. 
(G. O. 75, W. D., 1911.) 

842. Inspection, repair, and alteration of mobile artillery materiel 
by the Ordnance Department: In the different military departments. 
(G. O. 9, 116, 168, W. D., 1911.) Issued to the Organized Militia. 
(G. O 225, W. D., 1910; G. O. 116, W. D., 1911.) 

843. Care of ammunition sersace apparatus for seacoast guns. 
(D. R. C. A., 835, 836.) 

844. Instructions for the general maintenance of lO-inch and 12- 
inch powder hoists, type A, model 1910. (3d Supp. to Mimeo. 
No. 137, serial No. 486, Eng. Dept., July 7, 1911.) 

845. Painting of seacoast guns and carriages. (D. 11. C. A., 
851, 852.) 

846. Name and direction plates and trunnion l>rackets for tele- 
scopic sights shall not be removed while painting guns and carriages. 
Sight brackets shall not be painted. Name and direction plates are 
painted, but the raised surfaces of the letters and figures must be 
kept polished. (D. R. C. A., 852.) 

847. Instructions for the removal of old paint from guns and 
carriages. (Cir. 56, A. G. O., 1902; D. R. C. A., 854.) 

848. Mortars are raised from their trunnion beds at least once 
CA'ery two years, or more frequently if necessary, and trunnion beds 
cleaned thoroughly, including the oil grooves in the trunnion-bed 
liners. (D. R. C. A., 863.) 

849. Once every two years mortars shall be dismounted, the 
carri:ige cleaned and overhauled, and the old paint removed from 
the counter-recoil springs, which are given two coats of new paint. 
The springs on the right spring bolt are placed on the left spring bolt 
and the springs on the two inside bolts interchanged in reiissemblinL-. 
(D. R. C. A., 864.) 

850. Method of removing paint from the counter-recoil springe 
of mortar carriages. (Cir. 45, W. J)., 1906; D. R. C. A.. 868.) 



HOLIDAYS. 147 

851. Painting (pplashing) of barbette guns and carriages to con- 
form in general hue to that of the surrounding landscape. (Mimeo. 
No. 133, serial No. 471, Eng. Dept., Aug. 2, 1910.) 

852. Pent houses will not be provided for shelter for seacoast 
artillery. The deterioration of artillery material must be pre- 
vented by the unremitting care and watchfulness of the officers 
and troops to whom the use and care of the modern armaments are 
confided. (Oir. 8, A. G. O., 1901.) 

853. Specially shaped paulins for the Avinter protection of sea- 
coast guns and carriages at fortifications on the Atlantic coast, 
north of the fortieth parallel of latitude, will be provided by the 
Ordnance Department upon requisition, except for 12-inch mortars 
and their mounts, which will not be provided until the completion 
of the tests now in progress. Paulins for other fortifications than 
those named above or for other purposes will be provided only in 
special cases of extreme necessity, which should be fully explained 
in each instance. (G. O. 8, W. D., 1907; D. R. C. A., 888.) 

854. Prevention of loss by theft of hand counterweights of dis- 
appearing carriages. (Cir. 28, W. D., 1906.) 

855. Care of armament at coast artillery subposts by caretaker 
detachments. (Cir. 65, W. D., 1906; D. R. C. A., 890-898.) 

856. Transfer of guns, carriages, and range finders, or other 
ordnance material permanently emplaced, will not be made without 
authority from the Secretary of War. (G. 0. 62, W. D., 1908, par. 
IV, sec. 21.) 

857. The habitual place of storage of machine guns issued to 
coast artillery posts is in the galleries of batteries, for which purpose 
they may, when it is necessary, be dismounted. If the dampness 
of any particular batteries makes the removal of machine guns 
from them necessary, they should be stored at other places where 
shelter may be available as convenient as possible to the batteries 
to which they are assigned. (Chief of Artillery, approved by 
Secreta,ry of War Jan. 2, 1908; Cir. 1, Dept. Gulf, 1908: Mimeo. 
No. 107, serial 384, Eng. Dept., May 27, 1908.) 

HOLIDAYS. 

858. The days that are declared legal holidays by the Federal 
Government are: New Year's Day (January 1), Washington's Birth- 
day (February 22), Memorial Day (May 30), Independence Day 
(July 4), Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving 
Day (<lay designated by the President for national thanksgiving), 
and Christmas Day (December 25). (Cir. 41, W. D., 1908.) 



148 HONORS TO THE FLAG. 

859. \Mienever any daj' set apart as a legal holiday within the 
District of Columbia shall fall ou the first day of the week, commonly 
called Sunday, then and in such event the day next succeeding 
shall be a holiday within the District of Columbia. (Act Dec. 20, 
1881; 22 Stat. L., 1.) 

860- It is hereby ordered that all offices of the Government, 
arsenals, naA' y yards, and stations, and oth'T Government establish- 
ments shall, when the 1st day of January, the 22d day of February, 
the 30th day of May, the 4th day of July, and the 25th day of Decem- 
ber, fall on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, be 
closed to public business on the following Monday and that all 
employees in the public service, wherever employed, who would 
be excused from work on the above-named days be excused on 
the following Monday when said days fall on the first day of the 
week, commonly called Sunday, excepting that where a State law 
fixes for a holiday another day than the Monday following such 
legal holiday, the Government offices and other Government estab- 
lishments situated in such States shall close, and employees in the 
public service shall be excused on that day which is in conformity 
to State law. (Executive Order, published in Cir. 31, W. D., 1909.) 

861. Holidays for per diem employees. (Joint Res., approved 
Jan. 6, 1885, 23 Stats. L., 516; and Feb. 23, 1887, 24 Stats. L., 644; 
Executive Order, published in G. O. 120, W. D., 1911.) 

HONORS TO THE FT.AG. 

862. At every military post or station the flag will be hoisted 
at the sounding of the first note of the reveille, or of the first note 
of the march, if a march be played before the re\'eille. The flag 
will he. lowered at the sounding of the last note of the retreat, and 
wbile the flag is being lowered the band will play "The Star Spangled 
Banner," or, if there be no band present, the field music will sound 
"(o the color." When "to the color" is sounded by the field music 
while the flag is being lowered the same respect will be oliserved 
as when "The Star Spangled Banner" is played by the band, and 
in either case officers and enlisted men out of ranks will face toward 
the flag, stand at attention, and render the prescribed salute at the 
last note of the music. The national flag will be dis])layed at a 
seacoast or lake fort at the beginning of and during an action in 
whicli the fort may be engaged, whether by day or by night. (A. R., 
446.) See par. 864, j)ost. 



HONORS TO THE FLAG. 149 

863. WTienever "The Star Spangled Banner" is played by the 
band on a fonnal occasion at a military station, or at any place 
where persons belonging to the military service are present in their 
official capacity, all officers and enlisted men present will stand 
at attention, such position being retained until the last note of 
"The Star Spangled Banner." The same respect will be observed 
toward the national air of any other country when it is played as a 
compliment to official representatives of such country. Whenever 
" Th3 Star Spangled Banner" is played under circumstances con- 
templated by this paragraph, the air will be played through once 
without repetition of any part, except siich repetition as is called for 
by the musical score. (A. R., 389.) See par. 864, post. 

864. There are two occasions on which officers and enlisted men 
are required to stand at attention when " The Star Spangled Banner" 
is played, namely: 

1. When the air is played by a band on a formal occasion, other 
than retreat, at any place where persons belonging to the military 
service are present in their official capacity, in wliich. case officers 
and enlisted men stand at attention throughout the playing of the air. 

2. "V^lien the flag is lowered at retreat and aboard transport when 
the flag is hoisted at guard mounting. In this case part of the 
ceremony is the playing of "The Star Spangled Banner" (or "to 
the color" when there is no band) and another part is the salute to 
the flag. All officers and enlisted men out of ranks stand at atten- 
tion facing the flag while the air is being played and at the last note 
of the music salute in the ])rescribed manner. 

Sentinels on post in the vicinity of a place where the ceremonies 
mentioned above are taking place follow the rule for soldiers out of 
ranks, provided their duties are not such as to prevent their doing so; 
in tlie first case, standing at attention facing outward from their post 
throughout the playing of the air, and in the second case, standing 
at attention facing the flag until the last note of the music and then 
rendering the salute prescribed for the weapon with which they are 
armed. (Cir. 87. M\ D., 1909.) 

865. The national or regimental color or standard, uncased, 
})assing a guard or other armed body will l>e saluted, the field music 
sounding " to the color" or " to the standard." Officers or enlisted 
men passing the uncased color will render the prescribed salute; 
with no arms in hand, the salute will be made by uncovering, the 
headdress being held in the right hand opposite the left shoulder, 
right forearm against the breast. (A. R., 388.) 



160 ICE. 



866. Manufactured with ice machines operated by the Quarter- 
master's Department, quantity issued to hospitals, commissaries, 
organizations, offices, etc., to be regulated by the post commander. 
(Q. M. M., 456.) See A. R., 1237, sec. 10. 

867. Supply for hospital use and for the preservation of sub- 
sistence stores will be paramount to all other uses and will be given 
preference in all cases where a reduction of i.ssue becomes necessary. 
(Q. M. M., 456.) 

868. Rates of charge for surplus, manufactured with Government 
ice machines: For Uniteil States. (G. O. 205. W. D., 1006.) Fof 
Philippines. (G. O. 39. W. D., 1907.) 

869. Sale of surplus ice to the public in competition with private 
euteri)riso is prohibited by law. (Army appropriation act Mar. 2, 
1905; G. O. 40, W. D., 1905; and subsequent annual Army appropri- 
ation acts.) 

870. Allowance for organizations, detachments, etc., issued by 
the Subsistence Department; when it may be issued by that depart- 
ment. (Sec. 10, A. R., 1237; M. S. D., 21, 30, 195-200.) 

871. Conmianding generals of territorial divisions are authorized 
to increase or decrease, without reference to the War Department, 
but with due regard to the interests of tlu? service and existing law, 
the allowance of ice specified in A. R., 1237. (G. O. 89, W.D., 1911.) 

872. At posts where it is practicable during the cold season to 
cut and store ice required, no issues of ice will be allowed from 
subsistence funds as long as such stored ice is available. (A. R., 
1237, sec. 10.) 

873. Ice will not be issued to organizations of the Philippine 
Scouts under section 10, paragraph 1233, Army Regulations (A. R., 
1237, 1910), but, when practicable and necessary, it will be issued 
to the Subsistence Department for the preservation of perishable 
subsistence stores at stations garrisoned by Philippine Scouts, as at 
other stations. (Cir. 88, W. D., 1908.) 

874. At jiosts and stations where ice machines are operated by 
the Quartermaster's Department, the Subsistence Department will 
notsupplyice. (Q.M. M., 457; M. S. D., 196.) When an ice machine 
breaks down and ceases to produce ice the Subsistence Department 
will supply it. (M. S. D., 196.) 

875. For hospitals, whoTi not furnished by the Quartermaster's 
Department. (M. M. D., 323. 324.) 

876. Instructions as to changes, extensions, repairs, etc., of 
Government ice plants. (G. O. 163, W. D., 1908.) 



INSTRUCTION. 161 

INSTRUCTION. 

Theoretical. 

877. Regulations governing the service schools: 

(a) The Army War College, Washington, D. C. (W. D. G. 0. 116, 
1907; 104, 1908; 76, 1910.) 

(6) The Army Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. (G. 0. 128, 
W. D., 1911.) 

(c) The Coast Artillery School, Fort Mom-oe, Va. (G. O. 143, W. 
D., 1910.) 

(ri) The Engineer School, Washington Barracks, D. C. (W. D. G. 
O. 199,250, 1909; 82, 1911.) 

{e) The Army Field Engineer School, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. 
(G. O. 128, W. D., 1911.) 

(/) The Mounted Service School, including the schools for field 
officers, company officers, farriers and horseshoers, bakers and cooks. 
Fort Riley, Kans. (G. O. 36, W. D., 1911.) 

{g) The Army School of the Line, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. (G. 
0.128, 157 W.b., 1911.) 

(/() The Army Signal School, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. (G. 0. 128, 
W. D., 1911.) 

(0 The Army Medical School, Washington, D. C. (W. D. G. O. 
1:59, 1905; 124, 1906; 134, 1907.) 

{}) The Army Field Service and Correspondence School for Med- 
ical Officers, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. (G. O. 128, W. D., 1911.) 

{k) The School of Fire for Field Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla. (G. O. 
72, W. D., 1911.) 

[1) The School for Bakers and Cooks, Washington Barracks, D. C. 
(G. 0. 154, W. D., 1911.) 

{m) The School for Bakers and Cooks, Presidio of San Francisco, 
Cal. (G. O. 154, W. D., 1911.) 

(n) The School of Musketry, Presidio of Monterey, Cal. (G. O. 
35, W. D., 1907.) 

(o) The Training School for Saddlers and for Battery Mechanics of 
Field Artillery, Rock Island Arsenal, III. (G. O. 80, W. D., 1909.) 

878. Noncommissioned officers may be sent to the service schools 
for instruction as farriers, horseshoers, saddlers, cooks and bakers. 
(W. D. dec. July 12, 1909, published in Cir. 18, Department of Texas, 
1909.) 

879. Garrison schools for officers. (G. O. 70, W. D., 1910; G. O. 
152, W. D., 1911.) 

880. Special course for captains and lieutenants of cavalry, field 
artillery, coast artillery, and infantry of more than 3 and less than 



152 INSTRUCTION. 

IS years' commissioned service who have not completed satisfac- 
torily the garrison school course in the subjects of drill regulations, 
email-arms firing manual, military law, and international law. (G. 
O. 226, W. D., 1909.) 

881. Officers of the Signal Corps will not be required to attend the 
garrison schools for officers. (Cir. 48, W. D., 1904.) 

882. Schools for instruction of noncommissioned officers and 
specially selected privates in military subjects. (G. 0. 70, W. D., 
1910.) 

883. Course of instruction for enlisted men of the Regular Army 
selected for detail for duty with the Organized Militia. (Cir. 29, W. 
D., 1909.) 

884. Post schools for instruction of enlisted men in the common 
branches of education. (G. O. 70, M' . D., 1910.) Extra-duty pay 
for school teacher fulfilling some other duty. (G. O. 148, W. D., 
1911.) 

885. Enlisted men of the Signal Corps will not be required to 
attend the post schools for enlisted men. (Cir. 48, W. D., 1904.) 

886. Post schools for children. (G. O. 155, W. D., 1905.) 

887. Attendance of officers of the Organized Militia: At military 
schools and colleges of the United States. (Sec. 16, act of Jan. 21, 
1903, 32 Stat. L., 778; G. O. 7, A. G. O., 1903; and the regulations for 
the service schools, par. 877, ante.) At the garrison schools. (G. O. 
70, W. D., 1910.) 

888. Regulations governing the attendance of enlisted men of the 
Organized Militia as students at Army service schools. (G. O. 247, 
W. D., 1909.^ 

889. Textbooks for the various schools and colleges of the Army 
are prescribed by Circular 38, W. D.. 1905, the third paragraph of 
which hiis l)een amended as follows: 

Sec. 5. Provisional Small Arms Firing Manual, 1909. substituted 
for Firing Regulations for Small Arms. (Cir. 84, W. D., 1<.)09.) 

Sec C. Organization and Tactics (Wagner), seventh edition, 
1906, substituted for prior editions of that work. (W. D. Cirs. 30, 
1907: 95, 1908.) Studies in Minor Tactics, Army School of the Line, 
Department of Military Art, added for study and reference in the 
solution of tactical problems. (Cir. 61, W. D., 1909.^ Applied Prin- 
ciples t)f Field Fortifications for Line Officers (Woodruff) added for 
study and reference in the solution of tactical problems in the post- 
graduate work. (Cir. 89, W. D., 1909.) 

Sec. U). The Elements of Military Hygiene (Ashburn) substi- 
tuted for Woodhull's Military Hygiene. (Cir. 61, W. D., 1909.) 



INSTRUCTION. 153 

Sec. 11. Topographical Surveying and Sketching (Rees) sub- 
stituted for Root's Military Topography and Sketching. (Cir. 95, 
W. D., 1008.) Military Topography (Sherrill) substituted for Rees'e 
Topographical Surveying and Sketching. (Cir. 72, W. D., 1910.) 

Sec. 12. The 1006 edition of Horses, Saddles, and Bridles (Carter) 
substituted for the 1902 edition of that work. (Cir. 1, W. D., 
1007.) 

890. Textbooks on the subjects of drill regulations and artillery, 
seacoast engineering, and fortress warfare prescribed for use in the 
garrison schools for officers of Coast Artillery Corps. (Cir. 54, W. D., 
1906.) 

891. Textbooks on foreign languages authorized at the Army 
Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. (Cir. 54, W. D., 1910.) 

892. List of textbooks and publications prescribed for use by 
examining boards in the examination of officers for promotion and 
recommended for special study by officers preparing for such exam- 
ination, is published in G. O. 113, W. D., 1006, which has been 
amended as follows: 

The 1006 edition of Horses, Saddles, and Bridles (Carter) substi- 
tuted for the 1002 edition ni that work. (Cir. 1, W. D., 1907. ") 

The seventh revised edition of Wagner's Organization and Tactics 
substituted for prior editions of that work. (Cix. 30, W. D., 1907.) 

Root's ^lilitary Topography and Sketching substituted by Rees's 
Topographical Surveying and Sketching. (G. O. 191, W. D., 1908.) 
Latter substituted by Sherrill 's Military Topography. (G. O. 205, 
W. D., 1010.) 

Ballistics, Part I (Hamilton), prescribed in lieu of Artillery Cir- 
cular N, War Department. (G. O. 2, W. D., 1000.) 

The Elements of Military Hygiene (Ashburn) prescribed in lieu 
of Woodhull's Military Hygiene. (G. O. 108, W. D., 1909.) 

Provisional Small Arms Firing Manxial, 1900, prescribed in lieu of 
Small Arms Firing Regulations. (G. O. 244, W. D., 1909.) 

Applied Principles of Field Fortifications for Line Ofiicers (for 
study and reference in the solution of tactical problems) added. 
(G. 6. 240, W. D., 1009.) 

Studies in Minor Tactics, Army School of the Line, Department 
of Military Art (for study and reference in the solution of tactical 
problems), added. (G. O. 198, W. D., 1900.) 

893. WTiere there is any conflict between textbooks and War 
Department publications the latter will govern. (Cir. 13, W. D., 
1907.) 



154 INSTRUCTION. 

Practical. 

894. Garrison training of the mobile army will include g}Tnna8- 
tics and outdoor athletics, l)ayonet combat, swordsmanship mounted 
and dismounted, packing, visual signaling, first aid, the details of 
tent pitching, close-order drills, ceremonies, guard duty, equitation 
and horse training, the preliminary training for range firing, the 
mechanism of extended-order drills, the hygienic care of the person, 
of buildings and of grounds, swimming, to include swimming with 
arms and cqui})inent under proper ])recautious as to safety, exer- 
cises in leaving the post with a part or all of the command equipped 
for prolonged service in the field, and generally all such needful 
instruction as can be imparted jjrofitably on limited ground and 
under the conditions imposed by garrison life. (G. O. 7, W. D., 
1911, par. 2.) 

In mounted commands schools of equitation will form part of the 
garrison training prescribed by G. O., 7, W. D., January 11, 1911. 
Instruclions governing, etc. (G. O. 113, W. D., 1911.) 

895. Field training of the mobile army will include range and 
field practice firing, practice marches, camping, and drills and ex- 
ercises of every kind calculated to instruct and prepare the soldier 
in peace for his actual duties in war. These will embrace patrolling 
by day and night, marches in advance and retreat, leading of ad- 
vance and rear guards, outpost duty by day and night, attack and 
defense of convoys and selected positions, rencontres, night opera- 
tions, sketching of roads and areas, the drafting of field orders and 
the making of reports, the use of intrenching tools, individual field 
cooking, passing of obstacles, swimming horses, etc., as may be ap- 
propriate to each arm. (G. O. 7, W. I)., 1911, par. 3.) 

89(>. Time, during the periods devoted to practical instruction, 
when company, troop, battery, squadron, and battalion commanders 
are permitted to instruct their organizations in their own discretion. 
(Par. 6, G. O. 7, W. D., 1911.) 

897. Practice marches and instruction to be combined therewith 
for the mobile troops. (G. 0. 7, W. D., 1911, pars. 4 and 5.) Practice 
marches for coast artillery troops. (G. O. 229, W. D., 1910, par. 13.) 

898. F^xcept when excused by higher authority, all officers should 
accom])any their commands on the monthly practice marches, and 
reports should be required, naming in every case any who are unable 
or fail to do so, or fall out on the march. (G. O. 240, W. D., 1907.) 
See par. 4, G. O. 7, W. D., 1911. 

899. Instructions to department commanders in connection with 
the training of troops, division of time, latitude to be given organi- 



INSTRUCTION. 155 

zation commanders, progressive schemes, inspections, prepared- 
ness of commands to take the field on short notice equipped for war, 
reduction of official correspondence in order that the maximum 
amount of time may be devoted to instruction, etc. (G. O. 7, 
\V. D., 1911, pars. 1 and 7; G. O. 195, W. D., 1910; letter W. D., 
A. G. O., Oct. 29, 1910, to department commanders in the United 
States; 14661, O. I. G.) See A. R., 246. 

900. Educational scheme for officers entering the Corps of Engi- 
neers. (G. 0. 4, office of the ('hief of Engineers, 1909.) 

901. The company equipment of engineer companies is to be 
used aa far as practicable for routine drill and instruction in garri- 
son, as well as for service in the field, the object being to test the 
various instruments and tools issued to the companies and to deter- 
mine the necessity for or sufficiency of the various items. The com- 
pany carpenter outfit is not intended for field use. (E. R. 546. ) See 
par. 432, atite. 

902. Department commanders having wireless telegraph sections 
of Signal Corps companies in their commands will take measiu-es to 
promote practice of the cavalry with such sections whenever prac- 
ticable, it being understood that no shipment of troops to accom- 
plish this instruction is contemplated. (Cir. letter, W. D., A. G. O., 
May 11, 1909, to department commanders in the United States and 
the Commanding General, Philippines Division; 12944, O. I. G.) 

903. Training of horses received from remount depots. (G. O. 
188, W. D., 1910.) 

904. Encouragement to be given to the cultivation of horseman- 
ship in the Army; infantry captains to be afforded facilities and 
opportunities for horseback riding. (W. D., G. 0. 240, 1907, 148, 
1910.) 

905. Post contests in saber and bayonet exercises. (Par. II, G. O. 
72, W. D., 1907.) 

906. Field artillery instruction orders. (W. D., G. O. 4, 7, 46, 
1911.) 

907. Method of instruction in indoor firing practice for field 
artillery officers. (G. 0. 183, W. D., 1909.) 

908. Coast artillery instruction orders. (C. A. M. 11, W. D., 1910; 
G. O. 229, W. D., 1910, amended by G. O. 136, W. D., 1911.) 

909. Instructions with reference to the preparation for and con- 
duct of seacoast artillery target practice. (C. A. M., 6, W. D., 1909.) 

910. Officers in command of mortar batteries will improvise a 
device to detect errors in azimuth in the laying of mortars both at 
drill and target practice. (C. A. M., 4, W. D., 1910.) 



166 INSTRUCTION. 

yil. Tho method of making checks in mortar fire direction 
should be thoroughlj- understood by every mortar battery com- 
mander. If a battery commander does not know of them he is 
not competent to command a battery. If he does know of the 
checks and does not employ them he is not performing his duty. 
(Art. Bull. No. 41, serial No. 45, Jan. 2.3, 1908.) 

912. Neither service nor subcaliber practice will be held by a 
company of coast artillery until such company is thoroughly 
familiar with all of the eciuipment supplied for the ser^-ice of the 
battery at which the company is to lire. (("ir. 62, W. D., 1906.) 

913. WTiomay be excused from coast artillery drill upon approval 
of artillery district commander. (Par. 6, C. A. M., 11, W. D., 1910.) 
Also see G. 0. 229, W. D., 1910, par. 13. 

914. Annual encampment, coast artillery. (Pars. 14-20, C. A. M. 
11, W. D., 1910.) 

915. Coast artillery instruction in service of mines. (Pars. 81- 
100, ('. A. M., II, W. D., 1910.) 

916. Infantry instriiction and small-arms practice for coast 
artillery. (G. O. 229, W. D., 1910.) 

917. Target year for all arms of the service will begin .Tanuary 1 
and end December 31. (G. O. 12 and 22, W. D., 1911.) 

918. Supplementary practice season for small-arms firing. (Pages 
21, 66, 69, Prov. S. A. F. M.) 

919. Special in.struction in the methods of rendering first aid 
to the sick and wounded will be given 1o all enlisted men of the 
Signal Corps and of the line of the Army by their company officers 
for at least 12 hours in each calendar year. (A. R., 1442.) 

920. Instruction necessary to enable company officers to drill 
the enlisted men in their companies in methods of rendering first 
aid, etc. (M. M. D., 177.) 

921. The surgeon or his assistant can properly be directed by 
the post commander to give the necessary instruction in first aid 
to company officei-s. (Actg. Surg. Gen., published in Cir. 20, 
Department of the East, 1904.) 

922. Instruction of field hospitals and ambulance companies. 
(M. M. D., ISS-l.-iO, 17.5.) 

923. Instruction of Hospital Corps detachments. (A. R., 1436, 
1443; M. M. D., 161-174; G. O. 169, W. D., 1911, par. 2, sec. (c). 

924. Instruction in extended order drill .should not be required 
of Signal Corps companies. (Chief of Staff, Dec. 16, 1904; 9778-A, 
0. I. G.) 



INSTRUCTION. 157 

925. The department commander will supplement the operations 
of the Signal Corps of the Army by such instruction in practice in 
military signaling as may be necessary for the public service. He 
will cause each trooj), battery, and company commander to have 
at all times at least two available etilLsted men able to exchange 
messages in the Army and Navy code at short distance.s by flag. 
(\. R., 1584.) 

926. Signaling for coast artillery. (Par. 17, G. O. 229, W. D., 
1010.) 

927. Proficiency in heliograph and flag signaling will be con- 
sidered to have been attained whenever the signaler is competent 
to send 8 and receive 5 words per minute with the heliograph, and 
to send and receive, each, 6 words per minute with the flag. (Chief 
Signal Officer of the Army, Mar. 14, 1895; 640, O. I. G.) 

928. Commanding officers are required to provide for the instruc- 
tion of their commands in swimming where opportunity is available. 
(Cir. 11, W. D., 1905.) Also see G. O. 7, W. D., 1911, par. 2. 

929. Swimming horses. (G. 0. 7, W. D., 1911, par. 3; C. D. R., 
374; D. R. L. A., 1100.) 

930. Athletics and gymnastics: For mobile troops. (G. O. 7, 
W. D., 1911, par. 2; G. O. 46, W. D., 1911, par. 4.) For Coast 
Artillery troops. (G. O. 229, W. D., 1910, par. 18.) 

931. Information for convenience and assistance of all concerned 
in athletic competitions. (Cir. 35, W. D., 1908.) 

932. Prizes for athletic sports. (Par. 17, G. O. 176, W. D., 1909.) 

933. Manual of Calisthenic Exercises (Koehler), Manual of 
Gymnastic Exercises (Koehler), and Manual of Physical Drill 
(Butts) are furnished to the Army by the War Department. 

934. Instruction of machine-gun platoons of cavalry and in- 
fantry. (G. O. 113, W. D., 1906.) SeeG. O. 47, W. D., 1910. 

935. The machine-gun platoon in garrison, in so far as drill and 
instruction (except small-arms tai^et practice) are concerned, is an 
independent unit, under the immediate command of the platoon 
commander. 

The members of the machine-gun platoon are normally not ex- 
pected to receive instruction with their respective companies in 
addition to drilling and receiving instruction with the platoon, 
and normally the platoon commander is not expected to attend 
company drill and instruction in addition to his duties with the 
platoon, as his time is supposed to be fully occupied with the duties 
pertaining to his platoon. 



168 LAUNDRIES. 

Paragraph 4, G. O. 177, W. D.. 1907 (par. fi. G. O. 7, W. D., 1911 \ 
is ronptrued to mean that, the machine-pun platoon commander shall 
have hip full orj^anization one day in each week for such practical 
training as he may see fit. (Indorsement A. G. O., Feb. 17, 1908, 
published in Cir. 11, Dept. of the Missouri, 1908.) 

936. .Machine-gun Firing Regulations. (G. O. 130, \V. D., 1909.) 
The War Department furnishes drill regulations "for Machine-gun 
Organizations of Cavalry" and "for Machine-gun Platoons of Infan- 
try." (Also see (Mr. 2, W. D., 1910.) 

L.\UNDRIES. 

037. Post huiiulries will not be established at posts where post 
exchange laundries or other classes of laundries are in successful 
operation. (G. O. fiS, W. D.. 19J0. par. 3.) 

938. Regulations for the operation and mainreiuince of post 
laundries established at military posts by the Quartermaster's 
Department. (G. O. 68, W. D., 1910.) 

939. Steam, under Quartermaster's Department: Not to compete 
with private enterprise; may do work for other branches of the 
Government, when, and how receipts for same are to be accounted 
for. (Anny appropriation act Mar. 2, 1905; G. O. 40, W. D., 1905, 
pp. 14, 15; and subsequent annual Army appropriation acts.) 

940. Post laundries established l)y authority of me. Secretary of 
War. and operated under regulations approved by him. may, in the 
discretion of the commanding ofTiccr. extend credit to the enlisted 
men of the command to an amount not to exceed S2 a month for 
each man. Indebtedness to the post laundry to be charged o)i 
muster and pay rolls. (G. O. 116, W. D., 1910.) 

941. The post council will fix laundry charges. (A . R. 319. ) See 
par. 6, G. O. 68, W. D., 1910, as to post laundry charges. 

942. An indebtedness to the post laundries established out of 
funds carried by the acts of appropriation for the support of the Army 
is an indebtedness to the United States. (G. O. 138. W. D.. 1910.) 

943. A laundry estaldished by private individuals at a military 
post, under revocal)le license issiied by the War Department, is not 
a post laundry within the meaning of A. R., 34S [A. R., 351, 1910] 
(M. P. D.. 948.) 

944. Laundering of new olive-drab cotton uniforms. iCir. 59, 
W. D., 1910.) 

946. Hospital hunidries. (M. M. D.. 328.) 

946. Post exchange laundries. (G. O. 176, W. D , 1909. par. 10.) 



MARINE CORPS. 169 

947. Changes in or extensions of Government laundries. (G. O. 
163, W. D., 1908.) 

MAIL. 

948. Marking of foreign, supposed to contain dutiable articles. 
(G. 0. 54, W. D., 1904.) 

MANURE. 

949. Of posts is quartermaster's property, which should be used 
for the public service: 

1 . For post or company gardens. 

2. For fertilizing ornamental grounds at posts, including post 
cemeteries. 

3. In case any is not needed for these purposes, it should be sold 
at public auction, and the proceeds of the sale be deposited to the 
credit of the United States on account of miscellaneous receipts. 
(Cir. 12, A. G. O., 1891.) 

MAPS. 

950. System of scales and contour intervals for military maps. 
(A. R. 453.) 

951. Route maps. (A. R. 454.) 

952. Copies of maps, plans, tracings, blue prints, sketches, etc., 
of domestic or foreign territory, containing information of military 
interest, to be forwarded to the War Department; exceptions. (G. O. 
2, W. D., 1909.) 

MARINE CORPS. 

953. Detached for service with the Army by order of the Presi- 
dent: Subject to Rules and Articles of War (R. S., 1021); rations (act 
May 4, 1898, 30 Stat. L., 387; act Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. L., 1130; 
A. R. 1225; M. S. D., 194); method of communicating orders to 
marines (Cir. 18, W. D., 1908). 

954. If, upon marches, guards, or in quarters, different corps of 
the army happen to join or do duty together, the officer highest in 
rank of the line of the Army, Marine Corps, organized militia, or 
volunteers, by commission, there on duty or in quarters, shall com- 
mand the whole, and give orders for what is needful in the service, 
unless otherwise specially directed by the President, according to 
the nature of the case. (122d Article of War, as modified by act 
approved Mar. 8, 1910; 36 Stat. L., 234; G. O. 43, W. D., 1910.) 

955. In the absence of specific orders from the President detaching 
officers of the Marine Corps for service with the Army, the 122d 
Article of War does not authorize such officers to command troops of 



160 MILITIA. 

the Army, and such ofRcers will neither be assigned nor permitted 
by commanding generals or other officers of the Army to command 
troops of the Army on Army transports or elsewhere. (G. O. 161 
and Cir. 6G, W. D., 1909.) 

956. Status of enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps as to 
police and guard duty, receiving orders, etc., while being trans- 
ported on an Army transport. (G. O. 7, W. D., 1909.) 

957. Messing of certain grades of enlisted men of the Navy and 
Marine Corps while traveling on Army transports. (T. R. 149, 
amended by G. O. 147, W. D., 1909.) 

958. Articles of ordnance property may be sold by the Chief of 
Ordnance to officers of the Xavy and Marine ( 'orps, for their use in 
the public service, in the same manner as these articles are now sold 
to officers of the Army. (Act Mar. 3, 1909; G. O. 49, W. D., 1909, 
p. 31.) 

MILITARV POST. 

959. A military post means a place where troops are assembled, 
where military stores, animate and inanimate, are kept or distrib- 
uted, where military duty is jjcrformed or military protection 
afforded — where something, in short, more or less closely connected 
with arms or war is kept or is to be done. (U. S. Supreme Court 
Report 94.) 

MILITIA. 

960. When the Organized Militia of any State, Territory, or the 
District of Columbia, shall engage in encampments, maneuvers, and 
field instruction with any part of the Regular Army at or near any 
military post or camp or lake or seacoast defenses of the United 
States, the command of such military post or camp and the officers 
and troops of the United States there stationed shall remain with 
the regular commander of the post without regard to the rank of the 
commanding or other officers of the militia temporarily so encamped 
within its limits or in its vicinity. (Sec. 15, act Jan. 21, 1903, 
amended by act Apr. 21, 1910; 36 Stat. L., 329; G. O. 78, W. D., 
1910.) 

Note. — For laws and regulations relating to the militia, see "The 
Organized Militia Regulations of the War Department. " 

961. Inslruclions for the promotion of closer affiliation between 
the Regular mobile troops and the Organized Militia, and to facil- 
itate the instruction of the latter. (Cir. 28, W. D., 1909.) 



NATIONAL CEMETERIES. 161 

J)62. lii'-tructious to govern all future joint Army and militia 
coast defense exercises. (G. O. 44, W. D., 1908, as amended by 
W. D. G. 0. 64, 91, 1908; 71, 1909; 102, 1911.) 

963. Rules and regulations governing the detail of line officers for 
duty as inspectors and instructors of the Organized Militia. (G. O. 
33, W. D., 1911.) See act Mar. 3, 1911, G. O. 4.5, W. D., 1911, p. 14. 

MOSQUITOES. 

964. Oil for destruction of, to be furnished by the Quartermaster's 
Department. (Cir. 23, A. G. 0., 1901.) 

NATIONAL CEMETERIES. 

965. List of national cemeteries assigned to certain quartermas- 
ters for administrative purposes. (Cir. 11, Q. M. G. 0., 1911.) 

966. The national flag will be displayed from sunrise to sunset 
every day. The post flag will be used in pleasant weather and the 
storm flag in stormy and windy weather. (N. C. R., 3.) 

967. The entrance gates will be kept closed between sunset and 
sunrise. (N. C. R., 4.) 

968. National cemeteries will not be used as picnic grounds. 
(X. C. R., 6.) 

969. Regulations relating to interments, whose remains may be 
interred, etc. (N. C. R., 90-114.) 

970. The erection of private monuments, headstones, or foot- 
stones will not be permitted until both the proposed design and the 
inscription have been approved by the Quartermaster General. 
(X. C. R., 116.) 

971. Markers (of iron or other material) such as are usually fur- 
nished bj^ military or other organizations, will not be allowed on 
any lot or grave site. (N. 0. R., 129.) 

972. Instructions relating to the care and cleaning of headstones 
and monuments. (N. C. R., 71, 85, 122, 130-133.) The cleaning 
of not less than 50 headstones per day per man is considered a fair 
average and should be required. (N. C. R., 130.) 

973. Instructions for care of: Graves (N. C. R., 110, 134-137); 
lawns (N. 0. R., 69-75); trees, shrubs, and plants (N. C. R., 78-89, 
122); drives, walks, and drains (N. C. R., 66-68); roadways (N.C. 
R., 199-205); inclosures (N. V. R., 139). 

974. Care of buildings. (N. C. R., 58, 139.) Directions to be 
followed in painting buildings, flagstaffs, inclosures, etc. (N. C. 
R., 65.) 

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162 NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 

975. Care of public animals. (N. ('. R., lf)l.) 

976. Care of tools and implements. (N. C R., 145, 146.) 

977. Superintendents will thoroughly familiarize themselves with 
the "Regulations for the Government of National Cemeteries." 
(Q. M. G. O., 1911.) Failure to observe them will result in sus- 
pension or di.smissal. (N. C. R., 19.) 

978. It is hereby made the duty of the inspector to notice and 
report the habits and conduct of the superintendents. (G. 0. 66, 
A. G. O., 1873.) 

979. Employees— duties, hours of labor, compensation, etc. (X. 
C. R., 39-55, 126, 130, 142, 195.) 

980. Public or private domestic animals will not be allowed to 
run loose or to be picketed within the inclosure. Corporations or 
individuals (other than the superintendent) will not be allowed to 
pasture or shelter any animals on the reservation. (X. C. R., 192.) 

981. The keeping of private horses, mules, cows, and fowl by 
superintendents. (N. C. R., 193-194.) 

982. Vegetable gardens. (N. C. R., 29, 195, 196.) 

Note. — See paragraph 290 (ante), and paragraph 1397 (post). 

NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 

983. Appropriate duties of coast artillery noncommissioned staff 
officers. (Par. II, G. O. 203, W. D., 1908.) 

984. Noncommissioned staff officers of the Coast Artillery Corps 
of the grades indicated hereinafter will be verbally addressed as 
follows: Master electrician, to be addressed as electrician; engineer, 
as engineer; electrician sergeant, first class, and electrician sergeant, 
second class, as sergeant; master gunner, as gunner; fireman, as 
fireman. (G. O. 21, W. D., 1908.) 

985. The post noncommissioned staff consists of ordnance, post 
commissary, and post quartermaster sergeants. (A. R., 93.) 

986. The general noncommissioned staff consists of noncom- 
missioned officers of the Signal Cor])s, Hospital Corps, and Ordnance 
Department, except ordnance sergeants. (A. R., 103.) 

987. A post nonconunissioned staff officer will assist the officer of his 
department, and will not be detailed upon any service not pertaining 
to his proper position, unless the necessities of the service require 
such detail, in which case the post commander vnW note the fact, 
with reasons therefor, on the sergeant's personal report. (A. R., 97.) 

988. The presence of a commissary sergeant at a post does not in 
any manner relieve the commissary from responsibility for the care 



NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 163 

of subsistence supplies. Commanding officers of posts will not 
permit commissaries to devolve their duties in any degree upon the 
commissary sergeants. (Cir. 23, W. D., 1909.) 

9S9. Rules governing the examination of applicants for appoint- 
ment as post noncommissioned staff officers. (G. 0. 43, 232, W. D., 
1909.) 

990. Post noncommissioned staff officers, though liable to dis- 
charge for inefficiency or misconduct, will not be reduced. (A. R., 
102.) 

991. Master electricians, engineers, electrician sergeants, first 
class, electrician sergeants, second class, master gunners and firemen, 
Coast Artillery Corps, and ordnance, post commissary, and post 
quartermaster sergeants * * * in garrison will not be required 
to turn out in heavy marching order. WTien they are paraded for 
re\aews and inspections their posts are as prescribed in the Infantry 
Drill Regulations for the regimental noncommissioned staff (or 
battalion noncommissioned staff at posts where no regimental non- 
commissioned staff officers are serving), i. e., sergeant major on the 
right, post and other noncommissioned staff officers on his left in 
order of rank, senior on the right. (G. O. 233, W. D., 1909.) 

992. Annual and other personal reports to be made by post 
noncommissioned staff officers. (A. R., 100.) 

993. The military control of post noncommissioned staff officers 
serving at posts not occupied by troops is vested in the commander 
of the territorial department in which they are servdng. All matters 
relating to them as soldiers subject to military command, as dis- 
tinguished from the administrative duties imposed upon them by 
regulations and orders, will, except in cases of reenlistment, be 
determined at department headquarters, where their descriptive 
lists will be kept. (A. R., 99.) 

994. Enlisted men of the several staff departments, including 
members of the post noncommissioned staff, will not be detailed on 
extra duty wdthout authority from the War Department. They are 
not entitled to extra-duty pay for services rendered in their respec- 
tive departments. (A. R., 171.) See Cu-. 53, W. D., 1904. 

995. Except in case of emergency, a noncommissioned officer will 
not be detailed on extra duty, other than that of overseer, without 
prior authority for such detail having been obtained from the depart- 
ment commander or the general officer commanding the post, or, 
in the case of places excepted from the control of department com- 
manders by A. R., 189, from the Secretary of War. (A. R., 170.) 



164 NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 

?){)6. Not to be detailed fur any dutj- nor j^ermitted to engage in 
any occupation inconsistent with their rank and position. (A. R., 
170, 270.) 

997. Their employment as company barbers, or as agents for 
laundries, or in any position of a similar character, is prohibited. 
Cir. 34, W. D., 1907.) 

998. To be carefully selected and instructed and always sup- 
ported by company commanders in the proper performance of their 
duties. (A. R., 270.) 

999. Officers will be cautious in reproving noncommissioned 
officers in the presence or hearing of private soldiers. (A. R., 270.) 

1000. \\Tienever the regimental color sergeant is not present a 
battalion or squadron commander i.s authorized to select and detail 
a suitable noncommissioned officer from those actually present on 
duty with the battalion or squadron to carry the battalion or squadron 
colors. This detail will not excuse a noncommissioned officer fi'om 
routine duty with his regular organization except during such periods 
as the colors are paraded. No special che\Tons or other mark of 
distinction will be worn. At posts in artillery districts the same 
general rule will apply. (Cir. 88, W. D., 1907.) 

1001. Mess sergeant: Authorized. (Act May 11, 1908, 35 Stat. L., 
109; G. O. 80, W. D., 1908, p. 6.) From what grades detailed. 
(A. R., 1369.) Not to be detailed from enlisted men of the Coast 
Artillery Corps holding ratings as plotters, gun commanders, etc., 
under G. O. 89, W. D., 1908. (G. 0. 171, W. D., 1908.) The com- 
manding officers of machine-gun platoons that have separate messes 
are authorized to appoint mess sergeants for their platoons so long aa 
separate messes are maintained. (W. D. dec. Oct. 5, 19 10, published 
in Cir. 32, Department of the Columbia, 1910.) Detail on mine 
planters. (Cir. 88, W. D., 1908.) Additional pay not affected by 
the merging of mess sergeant's organization temporarily into a 
general mess. (Cir. 47, W. D., 1909.) 

1002. Hereafter the Secretary of War may authorize the tem- 
porary appointment of such number of sergeants and corporals in 
the companies at the general recruiting depots as may be necessary 
for the proper control and instruction of the varying number of 
recruits attached to such companies. (Act Mar. 3, 1909, 35 Stat. L., 
741; G. O. 49, W. D., 1909, p. 14.) 

1003. Sergeants and corporals for recruiting stations. (Act Feb. 
2, 1901, 31 Stat. L., 756; G. O. 11, A. G. O., 1901; A. R. 860.) 

1004. Api)ointments of reenlisted nontommissioncd officers. 
(Cir. 75, W. D., 1910.) 



OUTSIDE INFLUENCE. 166 

1005. Appointment, promotion, and reduction of noncommis- 
pioned officers on duty with machine-gun platoons. (Cir. 63, W. D., 
1910.) 

100(>. Under A. R., 263, 1904 [A. R., 272, 1910], no lance cor- 
poral can be appointed in an organization in addition to the one 
authorized in said paragraph, unless one or more of the noncommis- 
sioned officers are absent. (W. D. dec, published in Cir. 24, Dept. 
of the East, 1904.) 

1007. The reduction of noncommissioned officers to the grade of 
private and the disrating of chief mechanics, cooks, farriers, horse- 
ehoers, mechanics, artificers, saddlers, and wagoners prior to their 
discharge, in order to enable them to obtain the bonus of three 
months' pay authorized by act of Congress approved May 11, 1908, 
are prohibited. (W. D. dec, Nov. 5, 1910, published in G. O. 135, 
Department of California, 1910.) 

1008. Control of post commander over Signal Corps men on 
duty at post, inspection of their offices, etc. (G. 0. 105, A. G. O., 
1883; Cir. 2, A. G.0.,1884.) 

1009. Enlisted men in charge of telegraph offices or of isolated 
signal stations are considered to be acting as sergeants of the Signal 
Corps, and will be held accountable for public property under A. R., 
699 [A. R., 706, 1910.] (S. C. M. No. 7, par. 304.) 

1010. Lectures and instruction to the Organized Militia by non- 
commissioned officers of the Regular Army. (Cir. 28, W. D., 1909.) 

1011. Detail of retired, to educational institutions. (Act Apr. 
21, 1904; G. O. 231, W. D., 1909.) 

OUTSIDE INFLUENCE. 

1012. It is therefore announced that in futiu'e appointments, 
details, transfers, and assignments in the Army and Navy the 
Executive will be guided by the official records of the War and 
Navy Departments, respectively, to the exclusion of other sources 
of influence or information; but in case an officer has j^erformed 
any special act of bravery or courage or rendered specially efficient 
service of which there is no record or only a partial record in the 
War or Navy Department, the testimony of any person who was an 
eyewitness of the same may be submitted for consideration. 

Should it be discovered that since the publication of this order 
an officer of the Army or Navy has sought recommendation or sup- 
port from the sources outside of those named above, this fact will 
debar him from obtaining the particular advancement, assignment, 
or detail which he has by such means attempted to secure, and 



166 PHILIPPINE SCOUTS. 

the fact that he ha? sought 3uch influence will be noted on his official 
record. (Executive order July 7, 1905; G. 0. 112, \V. D., 1905.) 

Supplementing orders heretofore isssued, it is directed that here- 
after all requests and recommendations, either written or verbal, 
received at the War Department from or on behalf of Army officers, 
of whatever nature — other than those received through regular 
military channels — shall be filed with or noted on their records. 
Officers who do not desire such notations on their records should 
take such action as may be necessary to prevent such requests or 
recommendations being made. (Executive order Mar. 3, 1909; 
G. O. 38, W. D., 1909.) 

PHILIPPINE SCOUTS. 

1013. Organization of companies, squadrons, and battalions of 
Philippine Scouts authorized. (Act Feb. 2, 1901; 31 Stat. L., 757; 
G. O. 9, A. G. O., 1901, pp. 14, 15.) 

1014. Battalions authorized: First (G. O. 59, 181, W. D., 1904); 
Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh (G. O. 32, W. D., 
1905); Eighth (G. O. 147, W. D., 1905); Ninth (G. O. 172, W. D., 
1908); Tenth and Eleventh (G. O. 201, W. D., 1908); Twelfth 
(G. O. 243, W. D., 1909). 

1015. Volunteer bands. (G. O. 8, W. D., 1908; par. (J9, G. O. 1, 
Phil. Div., 1909, amended by G. O. 71, Phil. Div., 1909.) 

1016. Strength of companies. (G. O. 8, W. D., 1908; G. O. 1, 
Phil. Div., 1909, par. 57.) 

1017. Office of captain in the Philippine Scouts created. (Act 
May 16, 1908, 35 Stat. L., 163; G. 0. 91, W. D., 1908.) 

1018. Pay and allowances of first and second lieutenants of, ap- 
pointed from natives of the Philippine Island''. (G. O. 67, W. D., 
1907.) 

1019. Who are eligible for appointment as officers in the Phili])- 
pine Scouts. (G. O. 217, W. D., 1909.) See par. 600, ante. 

1020. Competitive tests of noncommissioned officers for appoint- 
ment as commissioned officers of Philippine Scouts. (Cir. 36, W. D., 
1908.) 

1021. Pay of enlisted men. (G. O. 236, W. D., 1909.) Not to 
exceed three privates in each Philippine Scout company may be 
employed on special sanitary work with additional pay of $1.20 gold 
per month. (W. D., G. O. 8, 1908; 236, 1909; cablegram A. G. O., 
June 13, 1910; 15328, O. I. G.) Additional pay for marksmanship. 
(M. P. D., 781.) 



• PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS OF OFFICERS. 167 

1022. Filipino ration. (A. R. 1223; 1226, sec. 4; 1228; 1242; 
1243.) In time of war when Philippine Scouts are serving beyond 
the advance depots they will be subsisted the same as are regular 
troops. (A. R. 1223.) The haversack ration is not prescribed for 
Philippine Scouts in time of peace. (Mem. of Chief of Staff, ap- 
proved by the Scy. War, Aug. 25, 1910; 14067, O. I. G.) 

1023. Clothing allowance of enlisted men. (G. O. 67, W. D., 
1911.) 

1024. Articles of clothing prescribed for issue to enlisted men of 
Philippine Scouts. (Par. 62, G. O. 1, Phil. Div., 1909, amended by 
G. O. 1, Phil. Div., 1910.) 

1025. Arms and equipments. (Pars. 64 and 64J, G. O. 1, Phil. 
Div., 1909, amended by G. O. 1, Phil. Div., 1910; par. 65, G. O. 1, 
Phil. Div., 1909, amended by G. O. 20, 79, Phil. Div., 1910.) 

PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS OF OFFICERS. 

1026. All officers of the active list of the Army who are on a duty 
status will keep themselves at all times in fit physical condition to 
perform active duty with troops under war conditions; duties of post 
and department commanders in this connection. (Par. 1, G. O., 148, 
W. D., 1910.) 

1027. Physical condition of officers of the line who come up for 
examination for promotion to the grade of field officer, to be actually 
tested for skill and endurance in riding. (Executive Order, May 13, 
1907; G. O. 181, W. D., 1907; par. 12, G. O. 192, \V. D., 1909.) See 
G. O. 198, W. D., 1907. 

1028. Test of physical condition and skill in horsemanship of all 
field officers to be made under the personal supervision of the several 
department commanders when making their annual inspections. 
(Executive Order, May 13, 1907; G. O. 181, W. D., 1907.) Also see 
par. 82, ante. 

1029. Executive order of December 2, 1907, requiring annual 
tests to determine the fitness of all field officers for active operations, 
and annual reports setting forth whether junior officers are physically 
qualified for active operations. (G. O. 240, W. D., 1907. ) 

1030. War Department instructions to carry into effect the Execu- 
tive order of December 2, 1907, covering riding and marching tests 
and physical examinations. (G. O. 148, W. D., 1910.) 

1031. General officers will not be required to undergo the physical 
examination prescribed in paragraph 2, G. 0. 148, W. D., 1910. 
(Par. 3, G. O. 148, W. D., 1910.) 



168 POST BAKERIES. 

1032. What officers of the permanent staff corps and departments 
may be excused from taking the physical test prescribed hyft. O. 
148, W. D., 1910. (Par. 6, G. O. 148, W. D., 1910.) All such ofh- 
cers below the grade of brigadier general shall take the prescribed 
physical examination. (Par. 6, G. O. 148, W. D., 1910.) 

1033. Each case in which exemption is requested under para- 
graph 6, G. O. 148, W. D., 1910, will be considered each year 
on its merits. (W. D. dec. published in Cir. 30, office of the Chief 
of Engineers, 1910; 11670-S. O. I. G.) 

1034. Side arms will not be worn while taking tests. (G. O. 148, 
W. D,, 1909, par. 5.) 

1035. Use of private mounts in taking the riding t-c-sts. (Cirs. 57, 
59, W. D., 1909.) 

POST BAKERIES. 

1036. At all permanent posts a suitable building, including the 
phimbing, heating, and lighting fixtiu-es used therein, will be pro- 
vided by the Quartermaster's Department for baking bread . (A. R., 
335; Cir. 29, W. D., 1906.) 

1037. Bake ovens and apparatus {pertaining thereto will be pro- 
vided by the Subsistence Department. (A. R. 335.) For bakery 
equipment furnished by the Subsistence Department for various 
sized posts, see M. S. D., 262. 

1038. Bread will be baked in post bakeries when practicable. 
The baking of bread by companies at posts is expressly forbidden. 
(A. R., 335, 340.) 

1039. The provisions of A. R., 336, 1904 (A. R., 340, 1910), for- 
bidding the baking of bread by companies at posts, is intended to 
apply only to the bakery bread of loaves baked at the post bakery 
for issue to troops and is not intended to prevent organizations from 
baking other kinds of bread, such as biscuits, rolls, muffins, and 
corn bread, for their own use. (Cir. 33, W. D., 1908.) 

1040. The making of pies and cakes is not the work of the bakery, 
but pertains to the company mess or post exchange. (Secretaary of 
War, Aug. 13, 1909; 13550, O. I. G.) 

1041. Bread will be baked in one and two pound loaves; it will 
be sold to officers and those entitled to rations on chai'ge sales at the 
price of the flour in the commissary. Bread sold to others will be sold 
at the price fixed by the post council and i^aid for at the time if 
delivery. (Par. 4, Cir. 25, W. D., 1910; A. R. 327.^ 



POST COMMANDER. 169 

1042. Post bakeries aro authorized to sell bread to post exchanges, 
on charge sales, to be paid for within the calendar month in which 
the sales are made. (Secretary of War, July 9, 1910; 14383, O. I. G.) 

1043. Bread will be sold by the bakery only. (A. R., 327.) 

1044. Paragraph 56, Manual for Army Bakers, indicates that 
approximately 100 pounds of flour will, with the other ingredients, 
produce 144 potmds of bread. 

1045. The authorized weight of bread is based on its weight when 
24 hours old. (Cir. 3, A. G. O., 1889.) 

1046. Bakery accountability system. (Par. 4, Cir. 25, W. D., 
1910.) 

1047. When enlisted men or others entitled to rations are allowed 
to mess separately from companies or organizations they will not be 
required to purchase bread from the bakery, but they will not be 
entitled to any share of the bakery profits. (A. R., 327.) 

1048. The post bakery should be scrupulously neat. On account 
of the nature of their work , bakers must bathe daily, making a com- 
plete change of underclothing. (M. A. B., 91.) 

1049. An annual allowance of six scrubbing brushes and four 
mops is authorized for issue to each bakery by the Quartermaster's 
Department. (A. R., 1197.;) 

rOST COMMANDER. 

1050. Duties of, in regard to drills and instruction, the preserva- 
tion and care of public property, the enforcement of regulations, the 
proper condition of quarters and defenses; monthly inspection of 
the command, and frequent personal examination of the accounts 
of officers in charge of funds. (A. R., 203, 246, 329, 332, 669, 762.) 

1051. To exercise constant and direct personal supervision over 
the practical and theoretical instruction of the command. (G. O., 
195, W. D., 1910.) 

1052. To dispose of matters of routine as far as practicable by 
personal interviews with the individuals concerned at such hours 
as will least interfere with the instruction of the command. (G. O., 
195, W. D., 1910.) 

1053. General officers commanding posts will leave the details of 
administration to subordinate commanders as far as practicable. 
(A. R., 203.) 

1054. To make telegraphic reports of the death of an officer. 
(A. R., 83.) 



170 POST COMMANDER. 

1055. Must sign and fully aulhenticale the consolidated morninc; 
report of the condition of his command every morning. (Cir. 3, 
A. G. O., 1886; G. O., 194, \V. D., 1909, p. 5.) 

1056. Will exercise a rigid supervision and economy in the care 
and preservation of tableware and kitchen utensils. (A. R., 1194.) 

1057. Pecuniary responsibility in issue of orders which may cause 
expenditure of money. (A. R., 664, 665.) 

1058. Responsibility in approving proceedings of councils of 
administration. (A. R., 320.) 

1059. To inspect ambulances, litters, and other appliances for 
transporting the wounded at each monthly inspection and see that 
they are completely equipped. When practicable, the ambulance 
fully equipped for service will be presented for inspection, with the 
animals attached. (A. R., 1455.) 

1060. To inspect and report upon new construction turned over 
by constructing quartermasters. (See par. 631, ante.) 

1061. To make, with the quartermaster, an annual inspection of 
all public buildings at the post. (A. R., 1028.) 

1062. To see that accoimtable officer for quartermaster's supplies 
makes, in person, at least once each year, a complete and accurate 
itiventory of such property, except that held on memorandum 
receipts. (A. R., 1110.) To require an inventory of subsistence 
stores to be made during the last week of each month. (M. S. D., 
40.) 

1063. Responsible for the security of all public property at post. 
(A. R., 669.) 

1064. It is the duty of commanding officers to enforce rigid 
economy in public expenditures and to correct all irregularity and 
extravagance which they may discover; to see that disbursements 
are economically made; to scrutinize carefully all contracts and 
vouchers for disbursements; and to guard the jiublic interests in 
every particular. (A. R., 762.) 

1065. To give personal attention to the management of the iie 
machine and take care that expenses of every kind incident to its 
operation are limited to actual requirements, and that waste or 
unauthorized issues of ice are prevented. (Q. M. M.. 456.) 

1066. To carefully supervise the duties of the post commissary 
and not ])ermit him to devolve them in any degree upon the commis- 
sary sergeant. (Cir. 23, W. D., 1909.) 

1067. To regulate sales and delivery of subsistence supplies. 
(A. R.. 12fin.) 



POST EXCHANGE. 171 

1068. To retain the telegraphic code in his custody, and is respon- 
sible for the '"key" and its proper use. Department commanders, 
through code messages to post commanders, are required to test the 
use of the code from time to time, particularly when post commanders 
are changed. (Cir. 8, A. G. O., 1892.) 

1069. To ascertain which of his subordinates are drawing addi- 
tional pay for furnishing their own mounts for use in the Govern- 
ment service and are having said mounts maintained at Government 
expense: to satisfy himself by personal inspection, inquiry, exami- 
nation of evidence, or actual test that such mounts are suitable, that 
is, such as to enable said officers to perform their mounted duty 
pro]>erly in garrison or in the field (at least one mount should be of 
good ajipearance, equaling in general qualifications the t\'pe supplied 
by the Government for the duty in question; the second mount may 
be a smaller horse of the polo type); should he find them not suitable, 
he shall so inform the officer, and in case the deficiency is not reme- 
died within a mouth shall report the facts to The Adjutant General 
of the Army, to the end that any additional pay drawn by the officer 
after the date of said report may bo stopped against him, and shall 
give directions that the maintenence of the said mount or mounts at 
Government expense shall cease on and after the same date. (G. O. 
125, \V. D.. 1908.) Suitable mount described. (G. O. 29, W. D., 
1911.) 

1070. Commanding officers will inspect and verify the arms, 
service uniforms, and field equipments of officers and enlisted men 
as often as they may deem necessary to assure themselves that all 
members of their commands are prepared to take the field upon 
short notice, fully equipped and uniformed. (U. R., 36.) 

1071. Post commanders, and regimental and separate battalion 
commanders at posts commanded by general officers, will keep 
themselves informed by frequent inspections as to the state of 
the equipments of each organization of their commands, and will 
scrutinize requisitions carefully before acting on them. (Cir. 87, 
W. D., 1907.) 

1072. Commanding officers will be held responsible that all 
officers and men have the prescribed uniforms, arms, and equip- 
ments, and that they wear them in accordance with the tables of 
occasions. (G. O. 47, W. D., 1911; U. R., 36. ) 

POST EXCHANGE. 

1073. Post-exchange regulations are published in G. O. 176, W. 
D.. 1909. the following paragraphs of which have been amended or 
modified. 



172 POST EXCHANGE. 

Paragraph 10, page 12, by G. 0. 113, \V. D., 1910. 

Paragraph 11 , page 13, by G. O. 128, W. D., 1910. 

Paragraph 14. daiipc (c), section 2, page 15. by G. O. 201, W. D., 
1909. 

Paragraph Ki, by Circular 18, W. 1)., 1910. as to payment of 
telegra])hic expenses. 

Paragraph 17, by G. O. 109, W. D., 1911. 

1074. The exchange officer is in charge of the exchange and is 
responsible for its management. Ho should be fully in sympathy 
with the pur^ioses of the exchange, should be a good and close buyer, 
and ]>ossess the business qualifications necessary to the success of the 
exchange. He should take every precaution to have an honest 
steward and attendants, frequently checking their accounts in per- 
son. As custodian of funds belonging to enlisted men he should 
attend to all cash transactions in person, keeping the cashbook him- 
self. No employee should have access to the cash of the exchange 
after it is turned over to the exchange officer. (Par. 3. G. O. 176. 
W. D., 1909.) 

1075. It is not the intent of paragraph 3, page 9, G. O. 
176, W. D., 1909 (''As custodian of funds belonging to enlisted 
men the exchange officer should attend to all cash transactions 
in person, keeping the c-ashbook himself"), that the exchange 
officer should attend to the current cash transactions of the day at 
the exchange, but that he should, at the close of each day's business, 
check up the steward's daily report of cash and coupons received, 
and, after verification, enter these data in the cashbook, as well as 
all other transactions involving cash receipts and expenditures, and 
deposit cash on hand in his safe. A file of the exchange steward's 
<laily report should be kept to support the cash record. (Views of 
Inspector General of the Army, approved by the Secretary of War, 
Dec. 17. 1910; 14G12. O. I. G.) 

1076. Binding together and tiling the daily rei)orts of the exchange 
steward in lieu of a cashbook is not considered a compliance with the 
requirements of paragraph 14, G. O. 176, W. D., 1909. A cashbook 
will be kept. (Secretary of War. Apr. 29, 1910; 14052, O. I. G.) 

1077. Funds of a post exchange, although not public moneys 
within the meaning of sections 5488, 5490, and 5492, Revised Stat- 
utes, nro intru.sted to officers of the Army in their oiFicial capacity, 
and their misapplication is punishable under the Articles of War. 
(G. 0. 11, A. G. 0., 1892; G. O. 176, W. D., 1909, p. 7.) 

1078. Wlicn practicable, funds of a post exchange not required 
for immediate use should be deposited in bank. Deposits will )>e 



POST EXCHANGE. 173 

made to indicate clearly they are exchange and not personal funds. 
(G. 0. 11, A. G. O., 1892; G.'o. 176, W. D., 1909, p. 7.) 

1079. For an officer in charge of a post exchange to lend its money 
to anyone Avould be a gross breach of trust. (G. O. 11, A. G. O., 1892; 
G. O. 176, W. D., 1909, p. 7.) 

1080. The payment or receipt of interest on amounts due a post 
exchange l)y organizations or on amounts due organizations by a 
post exchange on account of indebtedness arising from the acquisition 
or relinquishment of shares in the post exchange is not permissible 
under the regulations governing post exchanges. (G. 0. 98, W. D., 
1911.) 

1081. There is no authority for the employment of an expert 
(ci\nUan accountant) to audit the accounts of a post exchange. 
The regulations require that the examination of the accounts of 
the exchange officer shall be made by the exchange council. (In- 
spector General of the Army, concurred in by the Secretary of War, 
Mar. 27, 1908; 12323, O. I. G.) 

1082. Keeping an open money account with individuals against 
which checks may be drawn is not a proper feature of an exchange, 
and is forbidden. (Par. 10, G. O. 176, W. D., 1909.) 

1083. Under pai-agraph 17, G. O. 176, W. D., 1909, it is within 
the province of the department [now division] commander to de- 
cide whether the legitimate expenses of a baseball team visiting 
a post shall be paid out of the post exchange profits. (W. D. dec, 
June 19, 1911; 15267, O. I. G.) 

1084. In a case where a coast artillery volunteer band fund was 
receiving an amount of the post exchange profits in excess of 10 
j)er cent of the declared dividends, the War Department decided, 
July 11, 1911, that the last sentence of section (6), paragraph 17, 
G. O. 176, W. D, 1909, can clearly be held to include the expendi- 
ture in question, provided it has the approval of the division com- 
mander. (15052, O. I. G.) 

1085. \Miile a post exchange is responsible for its bona fide pur- 
chases, it is without authority to bind the United States in any 
form of contractual undertakings (Op. of J. A. G., concuired in by 
Secretary of War, Nov. 2, 1909; 13709, 0. I. G.) 

1086. A post exchange is not authorized to collect a tax on dogs. 
(W. D., dec, Oct. 1, 1910; 14574, 0. I. G.) 

1087. In case where the post exchange steward was bonded for 
$2,000, and the cost of bonding ($10 per annum) paid out of the 
exchange funds, the War Department decided, October 18, 1910, 
that if deemed advisable by the post council to bond him it is a 



174 POST EXCHANGE. 

detail of managemont which ])ro])erly belongs to post authorities. 
(1451.5-A, O. I. G.) 

1088. It is highly improper for a post exchange officer to receive 
compensation from the post exchange fund for his service as such. 
(Secretary of War. Aug. 8, 1911; 1513.3. O. I. G.) 

1089. The post exchange is entitled to be paid its indebtedness 
against a soldier, because it is an individual within the meaning of 
the exemption contained in section 4818, Revised Statutes. (G. 0. 
138. W. I).. 1910.) 

1090. Exchange, features. — An exchange doing its full work 
should embrace the following sections: (a) A well-stocked general 
store in which such goods are kept as are usually required at mili- 
tary posts, including tickets to approved entertainments; (6) a 
well-kept restaurant supplied with as great a variety of viands 
as circumstances permit, such as tea, coffee, cocoa, nonalcoholic 
drinks, soup, fish, cooked and canned meats, sandwiches, pastries, 
etc.; {(•) reading and recreation rooms, supplied with books, 
periodicals, and other reading matter, billiard and pool tables, 
bowling alley, and facilities for other proper indoor games; {d) a 
well-equipped gymnasium, possessing also the requisite para- 
phernalia for outdoor athletics, sports, and games, such a.s baseball, 
football, tennis, cricket, polo, golf, etc.; («) barber shop, laundry, 
tailor shop, and shoe-repair shop. 

No other features than those enumerated will be added to the 
business of an exchange without the authority of the War Depart- 
ment. (Par. 10, G. O. 176, W. D., 1909, amended by G. O. 113, 
W. D., 1910.) 

1091. Under the provisions of the post exchange regulations, 
as published in General Orders, No. 176, War Department. August 
14, 1909, a post exchange is not authorized to act as agent for a 
private laundry. (Cir. 81, W. D., 1909; 13532, 13947, 0. I. G.) 

1092. There appears no provision forbidding the carrj-ing of 
such goods as bicycles, shoes, collars, and cuffs on consignment. 
This method permits the sale of such articles at a more reasonable 
price, and necessitates the employment of smaller capital to operate 
the exchange. Since, as reported by the post commander, this is 
done without any liability to the post exchange, it is not thought 
that it should be forbidden. (Memo, report of Chief of Staff, ap- 
proved by the Secretaiy of War, Oct. 12, 1910; 14459-B, O. I. G.) 

1093. The coupon-book system of extending credit to enlisted 
men will be used by all exchanges conducted at posts where more 
than two organizations are stationed, except at temporary stations 



POST EXCHANGE. 176 

and at placep where conditions of service have made it impracticable 
to procure the coupon books. (Par. 13, G. O. 176, W. D., 1909.) 
A band is an organization. (14832, O. I. G.) 

1094. \\'hen practicable, one or more cash registers, purchased 
from the exchange funds, should be used in the exchange. (G. <^. 
170, W. D., 1909, p. 27.) 

1095. The Subsistence Department is authorized to sell to the 
exchange at cost price any of the articles composing the ration, and 
such other articles as may be on hand for sale. But in reselling 
.''uch goods in small quantities, except meat, no profit will be charged 
by the exchange beyond the fractions of cents that are necessary in 
niiiking change. (G. O. 176, W. D.. 1909. par. 11.) 

1096. There is no provision of regulations under which property 
iov a post exchange can be shipped on a Government bill of lading 
at public expense. Property purchased from firms in the United 
States by post exchanges in the Philippine Islands, if shipped 
without expense to the Government, in care of Depot Quartermaster, 
San Francisco, Cal., will be forwarded to Manila via Army transports. 
(Q. M. G., Feb. 17. 1908, published in Cir. 7, Phil. Div., 1908.) 

1097. Occasional services to the Government by post exchanges, 
when authorized, etc. (G. O. 253, W. D.. 1907.) 

1098. Use by a post exchange of penalty envelopes in rgtuming 
tobacco tags to a tobacco firm for premiums, is imauthorized. (W. D. 
dec. May 2. 1910. 14180, O. I. G.) 

1099. Use by a post exchange of penalty envelopes in conducting 
a class of business not enumerated in paragraph 10, page 12, G. O. 
176. W. D., 1909, and for which no authority was obtained from the 
War Department, is unauthorized. (W. D. dec, Apr. 12, 1910; 
13914, O. I. G.) See also "Decisions," p. 7, G. 0. 176, W. D., 1909. 

1100. Information on the subject of "intoxicating liquors," 
duties of local commanders when the prohibition law is evaded or 
violated, policy of War Department, etc. (Memo, report of Asst. to 
Chief of Staff, approved by the Acting Secretary of War May 13, 
1908; 12328, O. I. G. Copies furnished inspectors general.) 

1101. Anticanteen legislation to have a fair trial. (Cir. 8,W. D., 
1905.) 

1102. There is no legal objection to the establishment of more 
than one exchange at the same militaiy post. (Op. J. A. G., Oct. 11, 
1910; 14564, 0. I. G.) 

1103. Membership in the post exchange is not obligatory on the 
units which go to form a garrison. (P. 8, G. O. 176, W. D., 1909; 
12409, O. I. G.) 



176 PRISONERS. 

1104. A post exchange is not entitled to tlie issue of corn brooms 
and mops. (Cir. 81. W. D., 1908.) 

1105. Company exchanges are prohibited. (Tr. O. 165, W. D., 
1906.) 

PRESENTS. 

1100. The attention of odicers and enlisted nien is drawn to the 
following provision of the Revised Statutes: 

'1784. No officer, clerk, or employee in the United States Govern- 
ment employ shall at any time solicit contributions from other 
officers, clerks, or employees in tho Government service for a gift 
or jirosent to those in a superior official position; nor shall any such 
officials or ck rical superiors receive any gift or jjre.sent offered or 
presented to them as a contribution from persons in Crovemmeut 
tuuploy receiving a less salary than themselves; nor shall any officer 
or clerk make any donation as a gift or present to any official superior. 
Kvery person who violates this section shall bo sximmarily discharged 
from the Government em})loy." 

The foregoing enactment includes within the statutory ])rohibition 
the soliciting of contributions Ijy one officer or employee from other 
olRcers or employees of the United States, when such contributions 
are to constitute gifts or presents, or are to be used for the purchase 
of gifts or ])resenta to those in superior official position. The receiving 
of presents by officers as contributions from those under their com- 
mand or control, in either the military or civil service, also falls within 
the prohibition of the section, which imposes the penalty of sum- 
mary dismissal upon all official superiors and those under their 
conmiand or control who, by soliciting or receiving contributions, 
or by giving presents, become subject to itn penal operation. 

The practice of receiving presents from persons not in the military 
establishment or in the employ of the Government in recognition of 
services rendered, though not expressly forbidden, is opposed to the 
spirit of the statute and for that reason is not approved by the 
De])artment. 

The requirements of the statute above cited will hereafter be 
strictly observed in all branches of the military establishment. 
(Cir. 77, W. D., 1909.) 

PRISONERS. 

1107. To be designated ' ' awaiting trial, ' ' "awaiting result of trial, ' ' 
"garrison prisoners," and "military convicts." Enlisted men serv- 
ing sentences of confinemout, not involving dishonorable discharge, 



PRISONERS. 177 

will be designated as "garrison prisoners;" those sentenced to dis- 
honorable discharge and to terms of confinement at military posts 
or elsewhere will be designated as "military convicts." (A. R., 
943.) 

1108. Rules and regulations for the government of military con- 
\i('ts (formerly general prisoners) at miltary posts. (G. O. 155, W. 
I)., 1908; M. G. D., 318-358.) 

1109. Prisoners awaiting trial by, or undergoing sentence of, 
general court-martial and those confined for serious offenses will, 
if practicable, be kept apart from those confined by sentence of an 
inferior court, or for minor offenses. (A. R., 947.) 

1110. EnlLsted men awaiting trial or awaiting result of trial will 
not be sent to work with garrison prisoners or military convicts if it 
can be avoided, and may, in the discretion of the commanding officer, 
he required to attend drills, or sent to work under charge of a sentinel, 
during the usual working hours. (A. R., 947.) 

1111. Military convicts will not be confined with other prisoners 
except in cases of necessity. (A. R., 947.) 

1112. Soldiers against whom charges may be preferred for trial 
by summary court will not be confined in the guardhouse, but 
will be placed in arrest in quarters, before and during trial and while 
awaiting sentence, except when in particular cases restraint may be 
necessary. (A. R., 948.) 

1113. Probation of garri.son prisoners. (A. R., 957^, published 
in G. O. 78, W. D., 1911.) 

1114. Paroling of prisoners. (M. G. D., 310, 324, 358.) 
Instructions as to the paroling of garrison prisoners for work; the 

working of prisoners under armed guard and assignment of work to 
them, etc. (Letter W. D., A. G. O., May 27, 1911, to the command- 
ing general, Philippines Division, and to all department com- 
manders in the United States— 1783572-A, A. G. O.; 15170-A, 
O. I. G.) 

1115. With the exception of prisoners specially designated by the 
commanding officer, no prisoners will be allowed to leave the guard- 
house unless under charge of a sentinel and passed by a noncommis- 
sioned officer of the guard. The commanding officer may authorize 
certain garrison prisoners and paroled military convicts to leave the 
guardhouse, not under charge of a sentinel, for the purpose of working 
outside under such surveillance and restrictions as he may impose. 
(M. G. D., 310.) 

1116. Under the pro\asions of paragraphs 49 and 57, Manual of 
Guard Duty, the responsibility for the security of prisoners rests on 

12969°— 12 12 



178 PRISONERS. 

1hf> iAhvor of the day. Para^aphs 1(9, 32-5, 328, and 333, Manual of 
Guard Duty, in so far as they relate to the .'security of ])ri.-oner8, are 
regarded as simply pro\nding certain proper aids in the performance 
of this important duty, but not as relieving the officer of the day from 
full responsibility, subordinate, of course, to that of the post com- 
mander. (Cir. 92, W. D., 1909.) * 

1117. If the number of prisoners, including military convicts, 
confined at a post justifies it, the commanding officer will detail a 
commissioned officer as "officer in charge of prisoners," and a non- 
commissioned officer as ' ' overseer of prisoners. ' ' At posts where the 
average number of prisoners continually in confinement is less 
than 12, the detail of an officer in charge of prisoners will not be made. 
(M. G. D., 317.) 

1 118. Commanding officers of all military posts and stations, and 
of troops in the field, will themselves make a prompt and thorough 
investigation of the circumstances attending every escape of a mill-, 
tary convict or other military prisoner occurring within their respec- 
tive commands, and will themselves make a detailed report to The 
Adjutant General of the Army, through military channels, of each 
investigation thus made by them, ^\'hat report must show, etc. 
(G. O. 179, W. D., 1910.) 

1119. Alilitary convicts will not be permitted to wear as an outer 
garment or have in their possession any clothing which is a distinc- 
tive article of the uniform worn by enlisted men. (A. R., 1186.) 

1120. Kinds and prices of clothing in the possession of military 
convicts forwarded to places of confinement, to be properly noted on 
the clothing list. (Cir. 47, W. D., 1909.) 

1121. Military convicts (formerly general prisonei's) allowed by 
post commanders to retain their prison o\ercoa1s when relea^ied, if 
necessary to prevent suffering. (G. 0. 37. W. D., 1904.) 

1122. So far as ])racticable, an iron bunk \vill be furnished to each 
prisoner in a post guardhouse and prison room. (A. R., 1100.) 

1123. Letter paper, envelopes, and postage stamps for use of mili- 
tary convicts. (Cir. 13, A. G. O., 1901.) See M. G. D.. 344. 

1124. List of articles issued by the Subsistence Depaitment for 
use of military convicts confined at military posts without pay and 
allowances. (A. R., 1238.) 

1125. WTien specially authorized by the Secretary of War, the 
Subsistence Department will supply to posts where thirty or more 
niilifiiry convicts are confined a sewing machine and other necessary 
tailors' utensils for use in mending their clothing. (A. R.. 12.38.') 



PRIVATE MOUNTS. 179 

1126. Trial of a military convict for an offense committed while a 
soldier. (Cir. 63, W. D., 1910.) 

1127. Statute of limitations with reference to the trial of an 
escaped military convict. (Cir. 49, W. D., 1909.) 

PRIVATE MOUNTS. 

1128. WTiat officers are required to be mounted. (A. R., 1295.) 
Status of officers on duty with the Organized Militia with reference to 
A. R., 1295, etc. (G. O. 121, W. D., 1911.) 

1129. The question of the necessity of a field officer's owning a 
private mount will be determined, under the provisions of A. R., 
1104, 1908 (A. R., 1112, 1910), by the proper department com- 
mander in conformity with the necessities of the public service. 
(Cir. 64, W. D., 1908.) 

1130. So far as mounts for field officers at coast artillery posts and 
those of the artillery district staff are concerned, no rigid rule will be 
laid down. Many posts are on islands and sand spits w^here mounts 
can not be used and the requirement as to owning mounts will not 
be enforced where the officer can show that this is the case, or where 
the facts are known to the War Department. (Recommendation of 
Chief of Coast Artillerj^, approved by the Secretary of War Apr. 7, 
1911; 14832, O. I. G.) 

1131. Private mounts furnished by officers below the grade of ma- 
jor required to be mounted. (Act May 11, 1908; 35 Stat. L., 108; 
G. O. 80, W. D., 1908, p. 4.) 

1132. Suitable mount described, etc. (W. D. G. 0. 125, 1908; 
29, 1911; Cir. 88, W. D., 1908.) A stallion is regarded as a suitable 
mount. (Cir. 78, W. D., 1910.) 

1133. Stabling, shoeing, forage, veterinary treatment and medi- 
cine for authorized private mounts of officers. (A. R., 1112; act Mar. 
23, 1910; 36 Stat. L., 252; G. O. 54, W. D., 1910, p. 15.) 

1134. Salt and vHinegar for private mounts. (Cir. 33. W. D., 1909.) 

1135. Mallein treatment. (Cir. 74, W. D., 1909.) 

1136. Regulations governing the sale by the Quartermaster's 
Department of horses to mounted officers, and the purchase by that 
department of horses from mounted officers, etc.; restrictions as to 
selling horses so purchased by officers in the Philippine Islands. 
(A. R., 1111.) See p. 18, G. O. 54, W. D., 1910. 

1137. Transportation and attendant for horses of officers chang- 
ing station; restrictions. (A. R. 1114; G. 0. 21, W. D., 1911.) 

1138. Forage can not be issued for a polo pony o^vned by an 
officer required to be mounted when no suitable mount is owned by 



180 PRIVATE MOUNTS. 

him. (Memo, report 3804, War Department General Staff, approved 
by the Secretary of War, Mar. 19, 1909; 15349, O. I. G.) 

113J). Forage for a young hor.se, not yel a suital>le mount, owned 
by a lieutenant required to be mounted, can not V)e issued unless 
the ofhcer has, in addition, a private mount of a type suitable for 
all service and the young horse fulfills the conditions required for 
the second mount. (Memo, report 3804. War Department General 
Staff, approved by the Secretary of War, Mar. 19, 1909; 15349, 
O. I.G.) 

1140. There is no objection to the keeping of three hordes which 
are actually owned by an officer on the Government allowance of 
forage for two. (Memo, report 3804, War Department General Staff, 
approved by the Secretary of War, Mar. 19, 1909; 15349, O. I. G.) 

1141. It is further thought that no officer should, as a rule, have 
in his pos.session more than four mounts, though in exceptional cases 
the number might be temporarily increa.«ed to five or six, especially 
when it is the intention to replace worn-out or unsuitable animals 
by better ones, and that it should be clearly understood that the 
possessing of more than four animals should be exceptional and 
temporary. It should also be distinctly understood that it is highly 
improper for mounted officers to make use of Government facilities 
for the purpose of speculation or personal gain in this connection. 
(Secretary of War, Nov. 17, 1909, published in Cir. 21, Department 
of California, 1909.) 

1142. Orderlies or messengers, janitors, etc., which are necessary 
at every military post, are not servants in the sense in which 
the word servant is used in R. S., 1232. Universal custom, grow- 
ing out of necessity, gives every commanding officer an orderly, 
either mounted or foot, and furnished with his mount either by the 
Government or by his commanding officer. Grooming and feeding 
the horse he rides, whether that horse belongs to the Government 
or to the officer, does not make him a servant, and is not in any 
way inconsistent with his position and duties as a soldier. So the 
men of a battery who groom the ])iiblic horses which the officers are 
temporarily authorized to use are in no proper sense the ser\ants 
of those officers. (Cir. 2, A. G. 0., 1886.) 

1143. The decision relative to the employment of enlisted men 
as orderlies, etc., published in Circular 2, Adjutant General's 
Office, 1886, does not warrant the detail of enlisted men on daily 
[special] duty as grooms to mounted officers. (Cir. 11, A. G. O., 
1886.) 

1144. Enlisted men detailed on extra dutv should not be em- 
ployed in the care of officers' private horses. (Cir. 1, A. G. O., 1887.) 



PRIVATE PROPERTY. 181 

1145. A soldier's title to clothing issued him is a qualified one, 
requiring that he use it in the service while it is servicea!)le and 
he is yet a soldier. But on his discharge his title to such clothing 
becomes ab.«olute, and he may then sell, etc., the same to a civilian 
and give a valid title to it. Held, therefore, that section 3748, Re- 
vised Statutes, did not apply in the case of such sale, barter, etc., 
by adischarged soldier. (D. J. A. G., 2276.) SeeCir. 36, W. D., 1910. 

1146. Reimbursement under the act approved March 3, 1885, for 
private property of officers or enlisted men lost or destroyed in the 
military service. (A. R., 737.) 

1147. Construction of the act of March 3, 1885, relative to reim- 
bursement for private property of officers or enlisted men lost or 
destroyed in the milita.ry service. (2 Comp. Dec, 644; 3 Comp. 
Dec, 636.) 

1148. The act of March 3, 1885 (23 Stat., 350), does not warrant 
reimbursement for property lost by theft. It was not the purpose 
of the act to make the Government liable for damages resulting from 
crime. (3, 2d Comp. Dec, 780, July 24, 1891.) 

1149. ^\^lere private property of an enlisted man of the Army 
certified by the Secretary of War to have been necessary for him to 
have had in his possession in the line of duty is lost while in custody 
of Quartermaster's Department or regimental authorities, and said 
loss is without fault or negligence on part of claimant, such loss 
occvured as an incident to military service within the meaning of 
the act of March 3, 1885 (23 Stat., 350), and reimbursement is author- 
ized thereunder. (16 Comp. Dec, 768, May 31, 1910.) 

1150. The claim of an officer of the Army for loss or damage to 
his private property, that has been shipped on Government bill of 
lading, is a matter between the officer and the transportation com- 
pany and should be adjusted between them, and the withholding 
of money due to said company by the Government for the purpose 
of satisfying said claim is not authorized. (15 Comp. Dec, 38, 
July 16, 1908; Cir. 14, W. D., 1910.) 

1151. In the matter of the effects of officers, enlisted men, and 
civilians, stored in certain quartermaster storehouses for a greater 
period than three years, and whose owners or their legal representa- 
tivoe could not by correspondence be located , the Secretary of War, 
September 2, 1909, approved the recommendations of the Quarter- 
master General and Judge Advocate General, that such of the effects 
as have salable value be sold and the proceeds of the sale deposited 



182 PUBLIC ANIMALS. 

with I) United Statos jjaynrastor, diiplicato receipts to be taken in 
eacii case and one coi)y thereof, with an itemized statement of the 
reenlt of the sale in each case to be forwarded to The Adjutant Gen- 
eral's Office, and that svich of the effects as are found to l)e worthless 
and otherwise unsalable be destroyed. (1.3400-1, li, O. I. G.) 

PROTKCTION AGAINST KIRES. 

1152. Inspectors to ascertain whether buildings and property are 
proj)erly secured against tire. (Sec. 13, A. R., 913.) 

1 153. Hereafter fires will not l)e allowed to be kejjt in any stables 
at military posts. (Cir. 10, A. G. O., 188G.) 

1154. Coal oil, gunpowder, quicklime, or other articles of like 
dangerous nature will not be kept in or nt?ar subsistence storehouses. 
(A. R., 1221.) 

1155. rhemical fire extinguishers will be distributed to the 
l)uildings requiring their protection and placed on shelves in con- 
s])icuous places easy of access. Twice annually, preferably at fire 
drill, they will be discharged and recharged. (G. O. 81, W. D.. 1905.) 

PUBLIC AXIMALS. 

1156. Allowances of cavalry and riding hor.ses for enlisted men of 
cavalry, field artillerjs and infantry in time of peace. (G. O. 1(59, 
W. D..191].) 

1157. Ilorstis are not to be furnished for mounting bands of 
mountain field artillery regiments. (G. O. 72, W. D., 1910.) 

1158. Mares are not to be purchased for use of the field artillery. 
(Secretary of War, Oct. 28, 1908; 13720, O. I. G.) 

1159. Number of horses for a troop of cavalry. (G. O. 169, 
W. D., 1911.) 

1160. Allowance of, for troops in the fiehl. (F. S. R.; see G. O. 
r,(), W. D., 1911.) 

1161. F'or their own headquarters and otherwise, except as pro- 
vided in A. R., 1112, the use of public horses will be regulated by 
department commanders in conformity with the necessities of the 
public service. (A. R., 1112.) 

1162. The question as to whether a public horse assigned to an 
officer as his official mount may be used for pleasure, such as driving 
or riding, must be decided by the post commander, whose discretion 
in tlie matter is limited only by his obligation to guard the public 
iatercists in every particular. (Memo, report 380-1, War department 
General Staff, approved by the Secretary of War Mar. 19, 1909; 
1.5319, O. I. G.) 



PUBLIC ANIMALS. 183 

1163. Horses for mounted scouts and orderlies, etc., of infantry 
regiments. (G. O. 169, W. D., 1911; F. S. R., 24.) 

1164. Horses for mounted men of the Hospital Corps. (A. R., 
1457; G. O. 169, W. D., 1911.) Care of same. (Cir. 92, W. D., 1909; 
G. O. 169, W. D., 1911.) 

1165. Horses for the mounted service: Limit in number to be pur- 
chased; contracts; purchase at military posts in open market; stand- 
ard required to warrant payment; expenditure of funds for breeding 
puq^oses prohibited. (Annual Army appropriation acts.) 

1166. Hereafter the purchase of gray or white horses for the mili- 
tary service is prohibited. (Secretary of War, Dec. 13, 1906; 11260, 
O. I. G.) 

1167. Instructions as to supply of remounts from remount depots 
and their training upon receipt at posts or by organizations to which 
they are assigned, etc. (G. O. 188, W. D., 1910.) 

1168. When practicable, horses shall be purchased in the open 
marlvct at all military posts or stations, when needed, at a maximum 
price to be fixed by the Secretary of War. (Annual Army appro- 
priation acts.) 

1169. Public animals shall, upon the day received, be branded 
with letters "U. S." on the left foreshoulder. Horses assigned 
to organizations will also be branded on the hoof of one forefoot, 
1^ inches below the coronet, with the designation of the company. 
(A. R., 1083.) Hoof number to be branded at time of purchase. 
(Descriptive Card of Public Animals.) Condemned animals will 
be branded "I. C." on the neck under the mane. (A. R., 922.) 

1170. Public animals will be assigned to their riders or drivers, 
who will not exchange or surrender them to the use of any other 
person without the permission of the company commander, quar- 
termaster, or other officer responsible. (A. R., 1088.) 

1171. Name of each horse and that of his rider or driver to be 
placed over his stall. (C. D. R., 1006; D. R. L. A., 1112.) 

1172. For draft purposes, except at depots or posts in or near 
large cities where little transportation is needed, horses will not 
be used, unless specially authorized by the War Department. 
(A. R., 1116.) 

1173. Transfer of, from one branch of the service to another. 
(Par. 281, ante.) 

1174. Sale or turning in to the Quartermaster's Department of 
horses belonging to troops of cavalry or batteries of artillery. 
(Par. 281, ante.) 



184 PUBLIC ANIMALS. 

1175. Care and treatment of animals. (Q. M. M., 717; F. S. R., 
Art. V; C. D. U., 869-888 and 1002-1008; D. R. L. A., 1106-1116.) 

Horses and mules will be watered and fed habitually three times 
a day. (Cir. letter, W. D., A. G. O., June 2, 1911, to div-i^ion and 
department commanders; 12715-B, O. I. G.) 

1176. Any alteration in length or shape of tails, manea, or 
forelocks of public honses by docking, banging, or clipping is pro- 
hibited, and only such reasonable trimming and plucking as may 
be necessary to prevent shagginess of appearance ia permitted. 
(A. R., 1084.) See par. 1177, post. 

1177. The manes and tails of troop and battery horses, when 
unusually heavy, will be plucked or pulled to secure uniformity in 
each organization, but not to such an extent as to deprive the horses 
of manes of reasonable length, nor will the tails be made so short as 
not to reach fully to the point of the hocks. The fetlocks will be 
kept trimmed. (Cir. letter, W. D., A. G. O., June2, 1911, to division 
and department commanders; 12715-B, O. I. G.) 

1178. Mallein treatment,' as a preventive against glanders, to 
])e administered quarterly in the United States and oftener in 
tropical countries, to all horses and mules. Veterinarians of cavalry 
and field artillery to administer this treatment to animals of the 
Quartermaster's Department at posts where they are stationed, 
((^irs. 9 and 25, W. D., 1907.) 

Experience having proven that mallein has merely a diagnostic 
value and that it is useful principally as an aid in the detection of 
glanders, administration of mallein will hereafter be limited to 
horses and mules of the Army, and to private horses of officers, that 
have come in contact with animals that are known to have or are 
suspected of having glanders, to newly purchased horses and mules, 
and to horses and mules coming or going out of the country. (Cir. 74, 
W. D., 1909.) 

1179. Public animals that die of sickness, or that it is necessary 
to kill V)ecause of contagious disease, or when incurably wounded, 
will be dropped by the accountable officer upon the certificate of 
the responsible officer and affidavit of the veterinarian, or in the 
absence of the latter, the certificate of a disinterested officer and 
the affidavit of a disinterested person, approved by the commanding 
officer. In such case the action of a surveying officer is not required, 
unless it appears that the condition of the animal resulted from 
fault or neglect; and in such case the investigation by the survejing 
officer may follow the killing of the animal when its immediate 



PUBLIC PROPERTY. 185 

destruction is made necessary to prevent contagion or terminate 
eufferincr. (A. R., 1089.) 

1180. The Secretary of War has no objection to the transfer to 
the Bureau of Science, Philippine Islands, of animals that have been 
inspected, condemned, and ordered killed, excepting those animals 
ordered destroyed to terminate suffering or to prevent contagion. 
(Secretary of War, July 1, 1909; 13427, O. I. G.) 

PUBLICATIONS. 

1181. Requests for publications or public documents pertaining 
to the War Department should be addressed to the Chief of the 
Second Division of the General Staff. (Cir. 12, W. D., 1904.) 

1182. Loaning of books and publications from the War Depart- 
ment library and from the library of the Second Division of the 
General Staff to officers. (Cir. 2, W. D., 1906.) 

1183. Books of instruction (Government publications), such as 
Drill Regulations of the Army, Guard Manuals, Manuals of Courts- 
martial, and the manuals of the various staff departments will be 
furnished gratuitously to all officers of the Army for their personal 
use to the extent of one copy of each, upon application to the officer 
in charge of the distribution of War Department documents. (Cir. 
60, A. G. 0., 1902.) 

1184. List of official publications of the War Department which 
are available for issue upon requisition, or for sale, to the Organized 
Militia. (Cirs. 64 and 81, W. D., 1910.) 

1185. Use of the words " material " and "materiel " in War Depart- 
ment publications. (Cir. 81, W. D., 1910.) 

PUBLIC PROPERTY. 

1186. Accountability and responsibility — general regulations. 
(A. R., 668-714, 1102-1104.) 

1187. Detachment of accountable officer. (A. R., 670, 671, 675; 
Cir. 48, W. D., 1907.) 

1188. The property responsibility of a company commander can 
not be transferred to enlisted men. (A. R., 674.) 

1189. Accountability for public property will not be transferred 
to enlisted men, except to sergeants of the post noncommissioned 
staff at ungarrisoned posts and sergeants of the Signal Corps or 
enlisted men acting as such. (A. R. 706.) 

1190- All public property unaccounted for when discovered will 
be taken up on the returns, or, in the absence of an accountable 



186 PUBLIC PROPERTY. 

oflicor lor that class oi' property, reporieti to the (Uq)artnient roiii- 
iiiander for proper disposition. (A. R., 704.) 

1191. The giving or taking of receipts in l)lank for ])iihlic ])r<)perty 
is j)rohibited. (A. R., 68i.) 

1192. When it is impracticable for an otlicer to personally super- 
intend issues — as may be the case with one charged with disburse- 
ments or the care of depots — he should choose with great caution 
the agent to whom he intrusts the duty. (A. R., 084.) 

1193. The keys of storerooms or chests will not be iiitnisted to 
enlisted men or civilians wihout great vigilance on the part of the 
accountable officer and a resort to every reasonable precaution, 
including frequent personal inspections, to jn-event loss or damage. 
(A. R., 685.) 

1194. An officer in charge of public property in use or in store 
will endeavor by timely rejjairs to keep it in serviceable condition. 
I'or this ])urposo the necessary means will be allovved on requisition, 
and property in store so repaired will be issued. (^A. R., (386.) 

1195. Instructions relative to the storage and care of sheepskins 
and cleaning and preserving material, as russet leather dressing, 
leather, soap, brushes, and chamois skins, (fir. 32, \V. 1)., 1910.) 

1196. All movable pul)lic property will, if practicable, be con- 
spicuously branded '"U. S." before being used. (A. R., 687.; 

1197. Pu])lic ])roperty will not l)e used nor will labor hired for 
the (xovernment 1)6 employed for any jirivate puq)oses whatsoever, 
except as authorizcil in Army Regulations. i^A. R., 688.) 

1198. Empty barrels, l)oxes, c:rates, and other ])ackages, together 
with metal turnings, scrap metals, ground bone, and other waste 
l^roducts which accumulate at arsenals, depots, and military posts, 
which are unsuitable for the public service, will be disi^osed of in 
the manner prescribed for property condemned and ordered sold in 
A. R., 691. At arsenals and depots where such accunudations have 
considerable money value j)roposals will l)e invited for specific lots 
and quantities, or for the accunudations of definite j)eriods, as the 
head of the department to which the property pertains maj' deem 
bestsuitxid to the public interest. (A. R., 690; 12157-a, O. I. G.) 
See par. 1199, post. 

1199. A. R., 683 (A. R., 690, 1910), is construed as permitting 
the sale of empty barrels, boxes, crates, and other packages together, 
with metal turnings, scrap metals, ground bone, and other waste 
products which accunudate at arsenals, depots, and military posts, 
which are unsuitable for the jjublic service, without the action of an 
inspector. (Cir. 17, W. D., 1908.) 



PUBLIC PROPERTY. 187 

1200. Packages, crates, .'^acks, etc.. in which subsistence stores 
are furnished to the United States, while in a sense public property, 
belong in a different class from similar packages in which supplies 
or stores are packed for transportation and delivery to other branches 
of the staff. 

The packages containing stores and supplies procured by the 
Subsistence Department are paid for in the contract price for stores, 
whicli are issued or sold to officers and enlisted men. As those to 
whom the stores are issue<l or sold are entitled to them as articles of 
the ration, or as supplies which they have purchased for cash, the 
ownership in the package passes with the title to its contents. 

The case of quartermaster's stores and supplies is quite different. 
Grain is iss\ied, not to officers or enlisted men, but to public animals, 
or to private horses that are entitled to forage by law or regulations; 
it is never issued to a person as are rations; and, unless there is an 
authorized sale, as in the case of forage sold to an officer, no title to 
either the package or its contents passes from the United States to 
tlie owner of the animal or to the officer accountable for him. 

It is, therefore, the opinion of this office that the question herein 
})rosented (Can grain sacks in which grain for public animals is 
issued be sold for the benefit of a trooj) fimd?) must be answered in 
the negative. (Op. J. A. G., Apr. 30, 1908; 12.370, O. I. G.) 

1201. Military stores and public property condemned and ordered 
sold will be disposed of for cash at auction, or to the highest bidder 
on sealed proposals, on due public notice, and in such market as 
the public interests may require. The officer making the sale will 
suspend it when in his opinion better prices can be obtained, except 
in the case of condemned animals, the disposition of which is pro- 
vided for in A. R.. 1089. (A. R., 691.) 

1202. The auctioneer's certified account of the sale of condemned 
property, and the vouchers for the expenses attending it, will be 
reported on the proper forms to the chief of bureau to which the 
l)ropcrty pertained. (A. R., 691.) 

1203. Public property which has been condemned, or the issue 
price of which has been reduced as the result of a survey or inspec- 
tion, will not be purchased by an officer who was responsible therefor 
at the time of condemnation or reduction of price, nor by an officer 
who bore any part in such condemnation or reduction. (A. R., 692.) 

1204. There is no regulation forbidding the bidding by enlisted 
men, in competition with civilians, at the auction sales of Gov- 
ernment property. (Secretary of War, Dec. 10, 1897; 3165, O. I. G.) 



188 PUBLIC PROPERTY. 

By (i. (). 82, Philippines Division, 1909, the purchase, by any 
officer, enlisted man, or civilian employee, of any Government 
property offered for sale under A. R., 684, ]n08 (A. R., 691, 1910), is 
strictly forbidden. This order was authorized by the War Depart- 
ment to continue in force. (14038, O. I. G.) 

1205. Procedure in case defect or shortage is discovered upon 
receipt of public property, or when property is found damaged or 
missing while in store, or when packages are opened for the first 
time. (A. R., 679, 680, 732, 1156.) 

1206. Property damaged, lost, or destroyed through unavoidable 
causes and without fault or neglect of responsible officer. (A. R., 
694; Cir. 92, W. D., 1908.) 

1207. Property lost or damaged by the neglect or fault of an 
officer. (A. R., 696, 1027.) 

1208. Property lost or damaged by neglect or fault of an enlisted 
man. (A. R., 696, 697, 710, 1027, 1194.) 

1209. Property carried away by a deserter, or lost through his 
desertion. (A. R., 698; Cir. 92, W. D., 1908, par. 11.) 

1210. Property embezzled, lost, or damaged through neglect by 
a ci\dlian employee. (A. R., 699.) 

1211. Property expended, lost, or destroyed in the military serv- 
ice. (A. R., 709.) 

1212. Animals or other property belonging to the military servdce 
of the United States, stolen. (A. R., 700-703.) 

1213. Lost or damaged in hands of common carrier. (A. R., 732.) 

1214. Jurisdiction of the ('omj)troller of the Treasury as to fixing 
the responsibility for loss of Government property. (17 C'omp. 
Dec, 647.) 

1215. Loans of public property. (A. R., 683, 688, 154.5; E. R., 
486; O. P. R., 16, 44; D. J. A. G., 2095.) 

1216. Memorandum receipts. (A. R., 281, 668, 1036, 1105-1108, 
1110, 1274, 1546; Cir. 50, W. D., 1907; W. D. G. O. 62, 1908, Par. 
IV, sees. 17, 21, 31, 32, 40; 158, 1910; Cir. 18. Q. M. G. O., 1911; 
M. S. D., 248, 249, 251, 288; E. R., 541; O. P. R., 126; S. C. M. 
No. 7, 336, 419.) 

1217. Instructions regarding the method of property accounting 
in the Quartermaster's Department, including memorandum re- 
ceipts, transfers of property, property vouchers, property records, 
and tJie rendition of property accounts (formerly property returns). 
(Cir. 18, Q. M. G. O., 1911.) 

1218. Regulations for maintaining the stocks of quartermaster's 
supplies at posts and stations within the maximum and minimum 



PUBLIC PROPERTY. 189 

limits. (Cir. IS, Q. M. G. U., .1911.) Tables of maximum and mini- 
mum rates of clothing, equipage, tableware and kitchen utensils, and 
veterinary supplies, per stated units. (Cir. 19, Q. M. G. O., 1911.) 

1219. The commanding officer will see that a complete, detailed, 
and accurate inventory of quartermaster's supplies, except property 
held on memorandum receipts, is taken by the accountable officer 
in person at least once each year, and as much oftener as he may 
deem necessary for the interests of the Government. (A. R., 1110.) 

1220. Quarterly verification of fuel, forage, and straw. (Q. M. 
M., 489.) 

1221. Quartermasters will take up and account for, on their 
returns, wall lockers and refrigerators; these articles to be branded 
with the p(jst number of the building in which they are installed, 
and will not be removed therefrom without the authority of the 
department commander. (G. O. 81, W. D., 1905.) See A. R., 192. 

1222. Musical instruments, accountability for, etc. (A. R., 262, 
1195.) 

1223. No alterations or changes will be made in band instruments 
issued by the Quartermaster's Department without first obtaining 
the authority of the Quartermaster General. This restriction is not 
intended to prohibit the minor repairs made in the vicinity of the 
post that are authorized by Army Regulations. (Cir. letter, A. G. O., 
May 13, 1911, to division and department commanders, published in 
Cir. 35, Department of the East, 1911.) 

Care and preservation of baud instruments issued by the Quarter- 
master's Department. (Cir. 52, W. D., 1909.) 

1224. Instructions relative to expediting receipts covering trans- 
fers of quartermaster's supplies. (Cir. 48, W. D., 1907.) 

1225. Quartermaster's property which should be taken by troop.-< 
on change of station. (A. R., 1039.) Cap and collar ornaments. 
(Cir. 95, W. D., 1908.) Ser\-ice caps will not be taken to the Phil- 
ippine Islands. (G. O. 89, W. D., 1910; U. R., p. 50.) 

122G. Except at remote telegraph stations in Alaska, telescope 
cases will not be left in the possession of enlisted men after arrival 
at permanent stations. (G. O. 120, W. D., 1908.) 

1227. Canvas bags for recruits leaving recruit depots. (G. O. 91, 
\V. D., 1911.) 

1228. In the preparation of regimental and company property 
for shipment, no explosive substance, oiled or greased cloths, 
matches, or other material liable to ignite by friction or by spon- 
taneous combustion, will be packed in any chest, case, box, or 
other receptacle. (Cir. 52, W. D., 1907.) 



190 PUBLIC PROPERTY. 

1229. Parking boxes for .-shipment, of quartermaster'.^ .storef — 
dimensions, weight, marking, etc. (Cir. 9, Q. M. G. O., 1909.) 

1230. All (rates, boxes, barrels, and packing materials supplied 
by the Quartermaster's Department for packing and crating baggage 
are public jjroperty, will be cared for as such, and as long as serA'- 
iceable will be continued in tise for packing and crating. (G. O. 
52, W. II. , 1909.) 

1231. Exchange of old typewriting machines for new ones. (Cir. 
1, W. D., 1906.) 

1232. Instructions relative to requisitions for quartermaster's 
supplies. (Cir. 7, Q. M. G. O., 1909, as amended.) 

1233. Cuspidors, with mats, will be supplied in all barracks 
and other buildings occupied or used by enlisted men. (A. R., 
1038.) 

1234. Care of garden and fire hose. (Cir. 2. A. G. O., 1897.) 

1235. Quartermaster's supplies reqtiired for strictly post or 
police purposes, or for use by the post or camp guard, will be sup- 
plied by the quartermaster on reqtiest from the officer of the day, 
approved by the commanding officer, and Mall be continued on 
the returns of the quartermaster. (A. R., 451.) They will be 
carried on the list of "articles in charge" and verified daily imder 
the direction of the officer of the day. When no longer fit for use 
they will be submitted by the quartermaster for inspection and, 
if condemned, disposed of as ordered. (A. K.. 452.) The list of 
'articles in charge" will be kept in convenient form in the guard- 
house for ready daily reference; the guard report wll not be used 
for this purpose. (M. G. D.. 427.) 

123G. Standard color for lockers adopted; no other rolor to be 
used. (Cir. 21, W. D., 1905.) 

1237. The commanding officer of a post will require an inven- 
tory of subsistence stores on hand to be made by the commissary 
in person during the last week of each month. If it is not prac- 
ticable for the commissary to take the in\entory within the time 
mentioned, he tatU apply to the commanding officer for the detail 
of an officer to take it. (M. R. D., 40.) 

A transport commissary will take monthly and at the end of 
each voyage an accurate inventory and make a careful inspection 
of all subsistence stores on his transport. (T. R., 27.) 

1238. Expendable subsistence property. (M. S. D., 270.) 

1239. Com brooms worn out in the service in the Subsistence 
Department may be dropped from the returns of subsistence prop- 



PUBLIC PROPERTY. 191 

erty without iho action of a board of survey or an inspecting officer. 
(Cir. 52, A. G. 0.. 1899.) 

1240. Prior to departure from their stations, commanding offi- 
cers of organizations that are ordered to proceed from the United 
States to the Philippine Islands for duty will turn in to post com- 
missaries all subsistence property not required for use en route to 
the islands. (G. O. 107, W. D., 1908.) 

1241. The savings of fat, slush, etc., and all empty vinegar, 
pickle, beef, butter, and other barrels, boxes, etc. (of the Sub- 
sistence Department on transports), which may be salable, will 
be stored and turned over at the home port to the authorized com- 
missary representative at the dock. (T. R., 27.) 

1242. Annual examination and verification of medical property. 
(M. M. D., 522a.) 

1243. Medical instruments to be examined by a commissioned 
medical officer at least once each month. (M. M. D., 530.) 

1244. Expendable medical supplies are printed in roman type 
and nonexpendable in italics in the supply tables given in the 
Manual for the Medical Department. (M. M. D., Part III.) 

1245. Regulations relative to the use and care of medical prop- 
erty. (M. M. D., 522-532.) 

1246. Medical, surgical, and other field chests and appliances 
will be frequently inspected and kept in perfect order for immediate 
field use. Under no circumstances will their contents be used at 
posts. (M. M. D., 532.) 

1247. Expendable engineer property. (E. R., 508; G. O., 104, 
W. D., 1911.) 

1248. Because of serious deterioration in the prisms and lenses 
of telescopic sights and other optical instruments, resulting from 
the collection of moisture and dust thereon, the Secretary of War 
directs that such sights and instruments be not stored hereafter in 
storerooms at emplacements that are not thoroughly dry and well 
ventilated, and that special care be taken at all times to keep 
optical instruments free from dust and moisture. (Cir. letter, 
A. G. O., Mar. 30, 1911, to di\asion and department commanders; 
15089, O. I. G.) 

1249. Instructions relative to guaranteed electrical measuring 
instruments which become unserviceable in the hands of troops of 
the Coast Artillery Corps. (G. O. 56, W. D., 1911.) 

1250. \\Tien a number of empty zinc powder cases or tin-lined 
cartridge storage cases, sufficient to justify shipment, have accumu- 
lated at a post they will be shipped to the commanding officer of 



192 PUBLIC PROPERTY. 

the Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, N. J., and the Chief of Ordnance 
notified of the shipment. (G. 0. 9, A. G. O., 1900.) Owing to 
the small supply of zinc and hermetically sealed storage cases, 
these cases when empty should be promptly returned to the place 
of issue without waiting for the accumulation of a number of them. 
(G. O. 50, W. D., 1903.) 

1251. Empty metallic powder barrels of 50 pounds capac-ity or 
over to be stored in a dry place and returned to the depot or arsenal 
fn.m which shipped. (Par. 23, G. 0. 22, W. D., 1911.) 

1252. Empty metallic cartridge cases and fired primers, care 
and disposition of. (Pars. 14, 20, G. O. 22, W. D., 1911.) 

1253. Cartridge storage cases and protector caps, care and dia- 
pu.-.ition of. (Par. 5, G. O. 22, W. D., 1911.) 

1254. Fired cartridge canes, zinc-lined packing boxes, bando- 
leers, and clips pertaining to small-arms ammunition: Care, value, 
dispositi<m, etc. (Par. 9, G. O. 12, W. D., 1911.) 

1255. Markings on cartridge storage cases and powder boxes. 
(G. 0. 5, 89, W. D., 1907.) 

1256. Instructions relative to making and filling requisitions for 
ordnance and ordnance stores. (G. 0. 100, W. D., 1911.) See also 
Cir. 87, W. D., 1907, amended by Cir. 16, W. D., 1910, as to requisi- 
tions for ordnance stores to replace condemned property, emergency 
requisitions, etc. 

1257. Classification of ordnance and ordnance stores for the pur- 
pose of accountability. (O. P. R., 45.) 

1258. ('leaning rod and bayonet no longer considered parts of 
the magazine rifle in accounting for these articles. (Cir. 40, W. D., 
1905.) 

1259. The officer assigned to the command of a machine-gun 
platoon will be accountable for the arms and equipments of the 
enlisted men composing the platoon. (G. O. 47, W. D., 1910.) 

1260. Expendable ordnanc-e property. (O. P. R., 143, 144, 145, 
150.) 

1261. The Ordnance Department will issue arm racks and arm 
chests provided with locks and hinges for the safe-keeping of small 
arms. Arm (thests provided with locks and hinges for the safe-keep- 
ing of revolvers will be issued to noncommissioned staffs, bands, 
and machine-gun platoons. Separate arm chests provided with 
locks and hinges for the safe-keepmg of rifles and revolvcre will be 
issued to mounted organizations only; to other organizations equipped 
wtlh both rifles and revolvers, and to post ordnance officers, arm 



PUBLIC PROPERTY. 193 

chestH provided with locks and hinges for rifles only will be issued 
for the safe-keeping of both rifles and revolvers. 

Officers who are responsible for small arms and who neglect to 
obtain these chests will be regarded as not having taken every pre- 
caution possible to prevent loss of that class of property. (Cir. 64, 
W. D., 1909.) 

1262. .\rm chests not required for the storage of supplies will 
be returned to the nearest arsenal or ordnance depot when the 
cost of transportation is not greater than the value of the prop- 
erty. Officers to whom such chests have been issued will be charged 
with their value if they are destroyed. (A. R., 1564.) 

1263. Arm racks and iron targets for gallery practice in the hands 
of troops imder orders to change station will be invoiced by organi- 
zation commanders to post ordnance officer, to be held for the use 
of incoming organizations. (G. O. 134, W. D., 1908.) 

Similar instructions as to subtarget gun machines. (G. O. 45, W. 
D., 1910.) 

1264. All material furnished machine-gun platoons by the Ord- 
nance Department is to be taken with them upon change of station 
to the Philippine Islands or elsewhere. (W. D. instructions Feb. 19, 
1909, published in Cir. 3, Department Texas, 1910.) 

1265. Worn but serviceable ordnance property on hand at arse- 
nals and in store is to be issued, and when such property has been 
stamped or marked as belonging to a particular organization the 
reissue is to be made, when practicable, to that organization. (Sec- 
retary of War, Nov. 27, 1909; 13311, O. I. G.) 

1266. WTien a part of or an accessory to an article constituting 
a portion of the armament of a district becomes obsolete and is 
replaced, the obsolete part or accessory will be transferred by the 
artillery district ordnance officer, with the approval of the artillery 
district commander, to an arsenal to be designated by the armament 
officer. (G. O. 62, W. D., 1908, Par. IV, sec. 23/; A. R., 1561.) 

1267. Authority for turning in serviceable surplus ordnance 
stores to the nearest arsenal. (A. R., 1554.) 

126S. Steel horse collars may be turned in to the proper aresnals 
by commanding officers of batteries of field artillery for rezincing, 
without the action of an inspector; when; depots to which to be 
shipped, etc. (G. O. 136, W. D., 1911.) 

1269. Instructions for marking boxes containing ordnance prop- 
erty. (G. O. 133, W. D., 1904.) 

1270. All officers who have occasion to turn in ordnance stores 
to an arsenal or ordnance depot will see that the articles to be turned 

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194 PUNISHMENTS. 

in are properly named in the invoices and receipts and will |^ivr> 
Fiich personal attention to the verification of the quantities as will 
insure agreement between the invoices and the property shipped. 
(Cir. 65, W. D., 1908.) 

1271. Scrap (ordnance property) available for manufacturing use 
at arsenals, how treated as material and valued. (Ordnance Orders 
12, 1910, p. 40.) 

1272. The Chief of Ordnance is authorized to issue such ob.oo- 
lete or condemned ordnance, gun carriages and ordnance ptores as 
may be needed for ornamental purposes, to the Homos for Disabled 
Volunteer Soldiers, the Homes to pay for transportation and such 
other expenses as are necessary. (Act Mar. 3, 1899; 30 Stat. L., 
1073; O. P. R., 17.) 

1273. Obsolete ordnance property which may be sold without 
prior condemnation. By authority of the Secretary of War. (Act 
Mar. 2, 1905; 33 Stat. L., 841.) By authority of the Chief of Ord- 
nanre. (Act May 28, 1908, 35 Stat. L., 443; act Mar. 4, 1909, 35 
Stat. L., 1075.) See Ordnance Orders 12, 1910, p. 100. 

1274. Expendable property of the Signal Corps, classification 
of. (S. C. M. No. 7, par. 362-371.) 

1275. All pieces of load pipe cut off from lead-covered cable ends 
(Signal Corps property) will be saved and taken up as junk, by 
weight. (S. C. M. No. 7, par. 369.) 

1270. Commanding officers, upon request, will extend to organiza- 
tions of the organized militia the use of military reservations, target 
ranges, and United States property for instruction purposes, so far 
as practicable without interference with the instruction or duties of 
the regular command, and under such suitable supervision as will 
provide for the proper care of the public property. (Cir. 28, W. D., 
1909.) 

PUNISHMENTS. 

1277. Limits of, for enlisted men. (G. 0. 204, W. D., 1908, 
amended by W. D. G. O. 42, 1910; 52, 77, 1911.) 

1278. By company commanders, without trial, for dereliction 
of duty. (A. R., 968.) 

1279. Penalty for disclosure of national defense secrets, as the 
taking of documents, plans, or models, the making of photographs, 
etc.; communicating or attempting to communicate them to any 
foreign government, etc. (Act Mar. 3, 1911; 36 Stat. L., 1084; 
G. 0. 45, W. D., 1911, p. 99.) 



aUARTERS. 195 

1280. Penalty for discrimination by proprietors, managers, or 
employees of theaters or other public places of entertainment or 
amusement in the District of Columbia, or in any Territory, the 
District of Alaska, or insiilar possession of the United States, against 
any person lawfully wearing the uniform of tlie Army, Navy, 
Revenue-Cutter Service, or Marine Corps of the United States 
because of that uniform. (Act Mar. 1, 1911; 36 Stat. L., 963; G.O, 
45, W. D., 1911, p. 98.) See U. R., 11. 

1281. Penalties for trespassing upon military reservations, fortifi- 
cations, etc., injuring or destroying grass, submarine mines, tele- 
graph, telephone, or cable lines, etc. (Sec. 44, 45, 56, 60, of the 
Penal Laws of the United States, amended by act Mar. 4, 1910; 35 
Stat. L., 1C97, 1099; G. O. 22, W. D., 1910.) 

1282. Penalty for purchasing or recei\ang in pledge from officers, 
soldiers, or other persons called into or employed in the military 
service, any clothing or other public property furnished them 
under a clothing allowance or otherwise. (G. C). 22, W. D., 1910.) 

QUARTERS. 

1283. The Secretary of War approves the recommendation of 
the Major General Commanding and the Qiiartermaster General, 
that where bachelor officers' quarters are pro\-ided at a military 
post, it is proper and necessary that they be assigned to officers 
without families. (Cir. 4, A. G. O., 1897.) 

1284. Quarters for contract surgeons and acting dental surgeons 
should be assigned by the post commander, and they should be 
equal to those of a first lieutenant. Contract surgeons and acting 
dental surgeons are not entitled to select quarters, having no rank 
and not being officers. (Cir. 32, W. D., 1905; G. O. 45, W. D., 
1911, p. 29.) 

1285. Allowance of rooms for officers serving at posts and sta- 
tions. (Act Mar. 2, 1907; G. O. 48, W. D., 1907, p. 19; A. R. 1060.) 

1286. Permanent heavy furniture for officers' quarters at military 
posts. (Act Mar. 2, 1907; G. O. 48, W. D., 1907, p. 18; A. R., 
1029.) Instructions relative to the care of mahogany furniture. 
(Cir. 40, W. D., 1909.) 

1287. Restrictions in cost of construction of officers' quarters. 
(Act June 25, 1910; 36 Stat. L., 721; G. O. 133, W. D., 1910, p. 2.) 

1288. Quarters for machine-gun platoons. (G. O. 47, W. D., 
1911.) 

1289. Assignment of, to noncommissioned staff officers. (Oir.r 
18, W. D., 1905.) ; : .: • 



196 RATIONS. 

12f)0. Provis^ion for (luarlering or hiring of lodgings for enlisted 
men ordered on detached nerviee for short periods, ete. (G. O. 205, 
W. ])., 1910.) 

1291. \\Tien an enlisted man for whom quarters are leased is 
absent on furlough, or on temporary duty on completion of which 
he is to return to his proper station, the lease will be continued 
in force during such authorized absence. (Cir. 78, W. D., 1910.) 

UAILKOADS. 

1292. List of land-grant and bond-aided. ((J. O. 154, W. D., 
1908; Cir. 4, Q. M. G. O., 1911.) 



1293. Occasions for which the use of the different kinds of rations 
is intended. (A. R., 1223.) The commanding officer will deter- 
mine which of the several prescribed rations is appropriate for the 
particular service to be performed and will direct the use of the 
same. (A. R., 1223.) 

1294. Post commanders have discretion in determining the 
periods for which ration returns are to be rendered, which periods 
ordinarily should not be longer than one month. (Secretary of 
War, Mar. 1, 1911; W)50-L, O. I. G.) 

1295. Table showing the amounts of the component articles of 
the Army ration and of their substitutive equivalents. (A. R. 
1226; M. S. D., 322.) 

1296. Haversack ration. (G. O. 15, W. I)., 1911; A. H., 1223, 
1226.) 

One day in each alternate month of the season of ])raclical instruc- 
tion, not exceeding three days in each year, the use of the haversack 
ration with individual cooking will be rec^uired by all troops in the 
field for purposes of instruction. (A. R., 1226.) 

1297. Emergency ration; When to be used; improperly opened 
or lost; responsibility of company and detachment commanders. 
(A. R., 1223, 1226.) 

1298. Ration and savings account system. (A. R., 1242, 1243; 
Cir. 25, W. D., 1910.) Proportion of components of the ration fixed 
for ))urj)oae of computing the actual co.st of the ration. (A. R., 1243.) 
In computing the value of a ration for the " Ration and Sa\ings 
Acc(»unt ■' the current i)rice of the component and substitutive arti- 
cles of the ration will be used. (M. S. D.. 201.) When there is a 
balance of an article remaining on hand at the end of a month, its 



RATIONS. 197 

price is that to be used in the computation on back of the ration 
and savings account for the coming month. (Commissary General, 
concurred in by the Secretary of War, Jan. 9, 1911; 14S50, O. I. G.) 

1299. The ration return and ration and savings account of each 
organization or detachment will include all enlisted men belonging 
to it or attached to it for rations; the commander will make an equit- 
able distribution of ihe amounts due the men authorized to mess 
separately. Members of the different detachments of noncommis- 
sioned staff officers messing separately will be rationed as detach- 
ments, theii' detachment commanders making an equitable distri- 
buti(m of the amounts due on their ration and savings account. 
(M. S. D., 204.) The company or detachment commander must 
himself pay the ration money to the men authorized to mess sepa- 
rately. (Secretary of War, Dec. 13, 1910; 14515, O. I. G.) 

1300. If it is impracticable for a man messing separately to sub- 
sist himself until the end of the month, when settlements are usually 
made, the company or detachment commander may give the man a 
written order on the commissary for an amount of stores not to exceed 
the value of his ration. The value of the supplies so furnished will 
be charged to the company or detachment account in the sales 
ledger and adjusted when settlement is made with the company or 
detachment commander. These written orders will be filed with 
the records of the commissary. (Cir. 25, W. D., 1910.) 

1301. Ci\-ilian employees entitled to rations will be rationed as a 
detachment. The officer under whose supervision they come will 
take charge of their mess, sign their ration accounts at the commis- 
f3ary, and make an equitable distribution of amounts due to those 
authorized to mess separately. (M. S. D., 203.) 

1302. A civilian employee entitled to rations may purchase sub- 
sistence stores equal to the value of his ration. (Views of Commis- 
sary General, concurred in by the Secretary of War, F'eb. 9, 1911; 
14798, O. I. G.) 

1303. Commutation of rations. (A. R., 1245-1260; M. S. D., 162- 
177.) For members of the Female Nurse Corps while on duty in 
hospital. (G. 0. 45, W. D., 1911, p. 16.) For enlisted men sick in 
hospital. (G. O. 45, W. D., 1911, p. 16.) For enlisted men on duty 
at the Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark. (A. R., 
1465; G. O. 127, W. D., 1911.) For enlisted men on mine planters. 
(Par. 23, Regs, for Mine Planters, 1909.) For enlisted men detailed 
for duty with the Organized Militia. (G. O. 136, W. D., 1911.) 

1304. Paragraph 1229, Army Regulations of 1904 (A. R., 1229, 
J910) leaA'os it discretionary with the commanding officer whether 



198 RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 

coffee money shall be given enlisted men ordered on journeys when 
supplied with rooked or travel rations, without regard to the length 
of the journey. This seems a wise provision as the commanding 
officer is best qualifiod to judge as to the advisability of turning over 
coffee money. (Memo, report of Chief of Staff, aj)proved by the Sec- 
retary of Wax, Aug. 10, 1907; 10840, O. I..G.) 

1305. The payment of commutation in lieu of rations to enlisted 
patients in hospital and members of the Nurse Corps on duty therein, 
as provided by Army Regulations, is not mandatory, the Secretar}- 
of War having di.scretiou to direct the use of rations in cases where he 
deems it advisable. (M. S. D., 171.) 

1306. Limits of expenditures for messes on Army ti'ansports. 
(T. R., 156-158; A. R., 1226.) 

1307. Rations for civilians employed on tugs, launches, lighters, 
etc. (T. R., 162.) 

1308. Ration for hospital matrons. (R. S.. 1277; A. R., 1224, 
]2;U; M. S. D., 172; 14156, O. I. G.) 

1309. Selling (except by the post exchange) or bartering of sup- 
plies purchased or drawn from the commissary is forbidden. (A. R., 
1269.) 

It is not permissible for an organization to sell or exchange any 
portion of the fresh beef ration, after it has been issued by the Sub- 
sistfmce Department, for the purpose of obtaining other meats in the 
locality. (Commissary General, concurred in by the Secretary of 
War. Mar. 27, 1909; 13226, O. I. G.) 

1310. Action to be taken when it is necessary to renew reserve 
rations or to avoi<l loss of ration artiih^s that have accumulated. 
(A. R., 1242.) 

1311. Supply of rations to be carried on trans-Pacilic tranaportd. 
(T. R. 170, 171: 12758, O. I. G.) 

RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 

1312. Record-card system proscribed for the bureaus of the War 
Department. (W. D. Orders, May 15, 1894.) 

1313. Instructions for keeping the record of correspondence in 
fh(^ various offices at the headquarters of military divisions and 
dej)artiuents, and at th» headquarters of militarj' posts at which 
the record-card system shall be authorized. (G. O. 92, \V. D., 
1909; Cir. 92, W. D., 1909.) 

1314. The system of record keeping prescribed in G. O. 92, 
W. D., 1909, extended to the headquarters of each artillery dis- 



RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 199 

trict, of each military district, and of each ]>ermanent luilitary post 
whose garrison exceeds two companies, except that in the Philip- 
pines Division the adoption of the system will be extended only 
to the headcpiarters of the artillery districts and the headquarters 
of such of the larger posts as may be designated for the purpose by 
the division commander. (G. 6. 21G, W. D., 1909.) Posts so de- 
signated in the Philippines Division. (G. O. 32, Phil. Div., 1910.) 

1315. Tho system of record keeping prescrilxxl in G. O. 92, W. 
D.. 1909. having once been adopted at any headquarters will be 
maintained thereat continuously afterwards regardless of any change 
that may take place in the strength or composition of the command 
subordinate to such headquarters. (G. O. 216. W. D., 1909.) 

1316. At military posts the provisions of G. O. 92, W. D., 1909, 
apply only to the post headquarters and not to the offices of post staff 
officers. (TUr. 92, W. D., 1909, par. 8.) 

1317. It is not deemed advisable at the present time to extend 
the system of record keeping prescribed in G. O. 92, W. D., 1909, 
beyond the limits fixed by paragraph I, G. O. 216, W. D., 1909. 
Those limits do not include depots of supply of the various staff 
departments of the Array. (Cir. 12, W. D., 1910, par. 2.) 

1318. Hereafter, at each administrative headquarters of the 
Army, the following methods will be observed in the keeping of 
records and the transaction of official business: 

No record shall be kept in any office at a military headquarters 
respecting matters of which an established record or file is kept 
in any other office of the same headquarters to which the matter 
covered thereby properly pertains, but information shall be obtained 
from the latter source on application therefor as occasion may require. 
Thus, no record will be made in the office of the adjutant general 
lor adjutant! of a paper destined for the action of another office, 
except when the commander desires to take some previous action, 
and generally only such papers will be filed in the office of the 
adjutant general (or adjutant) as do not pertain to the business 
of any of the subordinate offices. 

Mail received in any office will be opened promptly and each 
communication will be stamped with the name of the office and 
date of receipt. Communications pertaining to the business of 
the office will then be separated from those pertaining to the busi- 
ness of other offices; the latter will then be marked with the initials 
of the office to which they pertain and at once sent to the proper 
offices; the former, if of sufficient importance to be made of record, 
will then be briefed and entered. 



200 RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 

Each staff officcir is ru.sponsiljlo that coninuinirations sent to 
him are promptly acted upon. In a case requiring the action of 
the coniniander. the staff officer will submit the case to him through 
the Chief of Staff (adjutant general or adjutant^ with a memo- 
randum, when necessary, giving a summary of the case and con- 
taining his recommendation as to proper action. 

In case of routine papers to l)e forwarded or returned to higher 
authority, the staff officer will submit them with indorsement 
prepared for signature of the commander^ if to be returned or trans- 
mitted, with instructions or remarks, the indorsement will be pre- 
pared for signature of the adjutant general (or adjutant). 

When acted upon by the commander the proper steps to carry 
such action into effect will be taken by the Chief of Staff (adjutant 
general or adjutant), and the papers returned to the office of record, 
when it will be finally disposed of. i. e., filed, forwarded, trans- 
mitted, or returned, without further indorsement or action of that 
office, except to note disposition in the record. (G. O. 191, \V. D., 
1905.) 

1319. The use of the letters-received book with index, the letters- 
sent book with index, and the order book, Mill be discontinued 
throughout the Army by August 31, 190G, or as soon thereafter as 
practicable, in all administrative units and offices below depart- 
ment headquarters. These books will be replaced by a corre- 
spondence book with index, a document file, and an order file. The 
correspondence book and index will be furnished in each case by 
the bureau that is sujjplyiug the books now in use. (Par. 1, G. O. 
109, W. I).. 190(i.) 

1320. 'Instructions for use of Correspondence Book,'' published 
in G. O. 109, A\ . D., 190G, are required to be placed on the inside 
of the top cover of each correspondence book (converted and new) 
and of each separate index. (Par. 6, G. O. 109, W. D., 1906.) 

1321. Official communications will be signed or authenticated 
with the pen and not by facsimiles. Signatures will be plainly 
and legibly written, with the rank and regiment or corps of the 
writer annexed. (A. R., 792.) 

1322. Oflicers detailed as members of the General Staff Corps 
an<l those detailed in the several staff departments and corps will 
be addressed and designated in correspondence and order? only 
according to their rank and the positions to which they are detailed, 
thus, "Maj. A. B. C, General Staff;" "Capi. L>. E. E., Paymas- 
ter," etc., and they will append only such titles to their official 
signatures, except where their assignment t-o duly involves the use 



RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 201 

of another title, as in the case of an adjutant general, chief quar- 
termaster, etc., of a military department, and in these cases also 
the arm of the service from which the officer is detailed will be 
omitted. (G. O., 24, W. D., 1903.) 

1323. An officer on duty in office of an inspector general of a 
division and not detailed as an "acting inspector general" by the 
War Department should not append that title to his official signa- 
ture. If in charge of the office, the words "Tn charge of office" 
ehovdd follow his rank and regiment or corps. (13576-A, O. I. G.) 

1324. Copies of any records or papers in the War Department or any 
of its bureaus, or at the headquarters of an army, corps, division, 
or brigade, or of a territorial division or department, if authenti- 
cated by the impressed stamp of the bureau or office of the War 
Department, or of the headquarters having custody of the originals 
(e. g., "The Adjutant General's Office, Official Copy,") may be 
admitted in evidence equally with the originals thereof before 
any military court, commission or ,board, or in any administrative 
matter under the War Department. (G. O. 198, W. D., 1908.) 

1325. The use of colored inks, except as carmine or red ink is 
used in annotation, ruling, or compliance with specific instructions 
issued by the War Department on blank forms or otherwise, is pro- 
hibited in the records and correspondence of the Army. (A. R., 836.) 

1326. The preparation of muster rolls, pay rolls, inventories of 
effects, and certificates of disability for discharge, on a typewriting 
machine, is authorized, provided a black-record ribbon of standard 
quality is used, but carbon copies of such papers will not be for- 
warded to the War Department. 

Under no circumstances will discharge certificates and final 
statements be prepared on a typewriting machine. (Cir. 41, W. D., 
1909.) 

1327. Indelible pencil may be used: In target record. (Par. 
100, 363, Prov. S. A. F. M.) In correspondence book. (G. O. 109, 
W. D., 1906, par. 6 (a).) 

1328. Printed letter and note headings for division and depart- 
ment headquarters and for posts, regiments, and schools of instruc- 
tion will contain in the upper left corner a brief request for refer- 
ence to the file number in making reply. Names of officers or other 
persons, or telephone numbers, will not be printed on letter or 
note headings for use in any branch of the militarj^ service. (A. R., 
521.) 

1329. Penalty clause on envelopes may be either written or 
printed. (Cir. 65, W. D., 1909.) 



202 RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 

1330. Sections 5403 and 5408, 11. S., prcricribe jjcnaltied fur the 
fraudulent or wrongful destruction, withdrawal, or removal from 
any public office of any public record, paper, or document therein 
deposited. (A. R., 837.) 

1331. Furnishing of information by persons in the military 
service. (A. R., 838.) 

1332. Information from official records; how furnished Congress. 
(Cir. 82, W. D., 1909.) 

1333. Rules with regard to original records loaned by bureaus 
or offices of the War Department or by the headquarters of an army, 
corps, division, or brigade, or of a territorial division, or department, 
for use by or before courts-martial, military commissions, courts 
of inquiry, and retiring, examining, and other boards. (G. O., 32, 
W. D., 1909.) 

1334. Correspondence relative to debts of soldiers to merchants. 
(Cir. 47, W. D., 1910.) 

1335. Hereafter disciplinary measures wuU be resorted to in all 
cases of neglect of officers to make prompt reply to official commu- 
nications without satisfactory excuse for the delay. (Cir. 25, 
W. D., 1906.) 

1336. In vouchers, corres{)oiidencc, etc., the Regulations will 
be referred to by paragraphs; and in all cases where an abbre- 
viated form of reference to them may properly be used, the fol- 
lowing style of notation will be adopted: A. R., 86, A. R., 279 
(Army Regulations, paragraphs 86, 279, etc.). The same style 
of notation will be used when reference is made to sections of the 
Revised Statutes, e. g., R. S., §1115, etc. (G. 0. 84, A. G. O., 1881.) 

1337. Conventional signs and abbreviations for use in official 
correspondence and on maps, charts, and fire-control diagrams of 
fire-control stations. (G. O. 114, W. D., 1907; D. R. C. A., 116.) 

1338. Use of the word "confidential" in communications from 
the War Department, and responsibility of persons receiving such 
(•ommunications; publications which are not to be considerefl 
confidential in future. (Cir. 78, W. D., 1907.) 

1339. Military correspondence — general regulations. (A. R., 
786-803.) 

1340. Channels of communication. (A. R., 196, 756, 795-803; 
G. O. 215, W. D., 1907; Cir. 20, W. D., 1908.) 

1341. Direct correspondence. (A. R., 796, 797.) 

1342. In all territorial di\asions correspondence with the War 
Department will be through the division commander, unless other- 



RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 203 

wise directed in Army Regulations and War Department orders. 
(A. R., 196.) 

1343. All correspondence, reports and returns relating to the 
instruction, discipline, status or movements of their commands, or 
to the commissioned or enlisted personnel thereof, will pass through 
department commanders; and all other correspondence, reports and 
returns, including such as relate to the shelter, supply and equip- 
ment of troops, the sanitation of posts and other like matters of an 
administrative nature, will pass directly between post and division 
commanders. (War Department instructions May 15, 1911; 15187, 
O. I. G.) See par. 2, G. O. 129, W. D., 1911, as to Dept. of Hawaii. 

1344. A commander or chief of bureau may communicate with 
those under his command or direction through a staff or other suit- 
able officer. AVith all others he will himself make the communica- 
tion. (A. R., 800.) 

1345. Officers who forward communications will indorse thereon 
their approval or disapproval, with remarks. No communication 
will be forwarded to the War Department by a department com- 
mander or other superior officer for the action of the Secretary of 
War without some recommendation or expression of opinion. (A. 
R., 799.) 

1346. Correspondence relative to transfer of supplies from one 
post to another or from post to depot should pass through military 
channels. (Secretary of War, Feb. 9, 1909; 13375, O. I. G.) 

1.347. Official communications that are sent to the office of The 
Adjutant General of the Army should be addressed to him and not 
through him to some other destination. AATiile The Adjutant Gen- 
eral can be relied upon to make proper disposition, subject to the 
direction of the Secretary of War, of any papers coming to his office, 
there is no objection to a request being included in any communi- 
cation sent to his office that the paper be acted upon or disposed of 
in a specific way, but any such request should be embodied in the 
communication which should be addressed directly to The Adjutant 
General. Correspondents should not undertake, by addressing 
papers through The Adjutant General, to prescribe the disposition 
that shall be made of those papers after they reach him. That dispo- 
sition, must be left open for action by the Chief of Staff or the Secre- 
tary of War, or both. (Cir. 8, W. D., 1909.) 

1348. All corresi)ondence between the heads of staff departments 
and officers on duty at general recruiting stations, general recruit 
depots, or the United States ^lilitary Prison will be addressed to The 
Adjutant General of the Army, except in cases in which direct com- 



204 RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 

munication is authorized by paragraph 789, Army Regulations. In 
purh oases the correspondence should not pass through the office of 
any intermediate authority. (Cir. 34, W. D.. 1907.) 

1349. Correspondence with Division of Militia Affairs. (Org. 
Mil. Regs., :^90-,392.) 

1350. Regulations governing correspondence, records, action on 
papers, ef<'., office of Chief of Staff. (G. O. 68, W. D., 191 1 .) 

1351. Jlcrcafter all pa])ers or documents presented to the Sec- 
retary of War for signature shall either be initialed with ink or indel- 
ible pencil by the person responsible therefor, or accompanied by a 
signed communication identifying them, provided that in cases 
where carbon copies are made at the time of writing the carbon copy 
shall be 80 initialed, instead of the original, and shall accompany the 
communication. (Cir. R, W. D., June 26, 1909.) 

1352. A paper submitted for the action of the Secretary of War 
will be so prepared that the last indorsement or re]>ort shall contain, 
in the fewest possible words, a summary of the case, unless this ap- 
pears in some report on (he same or an accompanying paper to which 
reference is made. It should also show the question 1o be decided, 
and conclude with an opinion or recommendation. WTien neces- 
sary, the law, orders, or customs of the service governing in like cases 
will be stated, and the case made complete in itself, so that reference 
txi previous papers will only be necessary to afford more definite in- 
formation upon matters already summarized in the report. As pa- 
pers submitted in person can ))e orally explained, it will be sufficient, 
in the majority of such cases, to indorse on each an opinion or recom- 
mendation, omitting the other requirements of this paragraph. 

Chiefs of l)ureaus are retiuested to see that the requirements of thie 
paragraph are fully complied with. (Cir. I, W. D., Mar. 10. 1910.) 

Books (ind records. 

1353. Artillery district. (A. R., 309.) 

1354. Po.st. (A. R, 211, 318, 835, 972; G. O. 249, W. D., 1907); 
morning and guard reports (Cir. 33, W. D., 1908; G. O. 194, W. I)., 
1909); file of desertion circulars (Cir. 3, W. D., 1910); garrison school 
records (G. O. 70, W. D., 1910). 

1355. Post bakery. (M. S. I)., 274, 289; A. R., 329; 13.382. O. I. G.) 

1356. Military convicts at posts. (G. O. 148, W. D., 1908; M. (i. 
D., 322.) 

1357. Field notes, route maps, and journals of marches. (A. R., 
454-455.) 



RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 205 

1358. In order that the maximum amount of time may be devoted 
to the practical and theoretical instruction of troops, division, de- 
partment, and post commanders will reduce official corresp(mdence 
at their headquarters to the minimum consistent with efficient ad- 
ministration. To this end post commanders will dispose of matters 
of routine as far as practicable by personal interview with the indi- 
viduals concerned at such hours as will least interfere with the in- 
struction of their commands. (G. 0. 195, W. D., 1910; 14661, 0. 1. G. ) 

1359. Rosters. (A. R., 251, 282, 366-375; M. G. D., 1-10, 13-18, 
21, 23-24, 26, 30, 35-37, 39; and M. G. D., 11,12, 19, 20, 22, 25, 29, 31, 
34, and 40, amended by G. O. 210, W. D., 1910.) 

1360. Fort record book and files to be kept by the commanding 
<ifficer of each coast artillery fort as defined in D. R. C. A. 77. (C. 
A. M. 6, W. D., 1910.) 

1361. Emplacement book to be kept by the officer responsible 
fur each gun battery and for each tactical mortar battery at a seacoast 
fortification. (C. A. M. 7, W. D., 1910.) 

1362. The entry in emplacement books of data concerning bench 
marks is not required by C. A. M., 7, W. D., 1910, and should 
not be required by district commanders. (Chief of Coast Artillery, 
Nov. 5, 1910; 14410-A, O. I. G.) 

1363. Emplacement book files are no longer to be kept. Range 
tables, retained reports of target practice, and carbon copies of impor- 
tant letters should be entered directly in emplacement books. (Sec- 
retary of War, Dec. 19, 1910; 12098, O. I. G.) 

1364. Of coast artillery subposts. In\aewof the fact that at any 
time it may be necessary or advisable to regarrison these subposts, it 
id recommended that none of the records pertaining thereto be dis- 
turbed, but that they remain complete and in the offices to which 
they pertain, being securely locked up and cared for under the direct 
orders of the district commander concerned and in the same manner 
that the Go^ ernment property pertaining to these subposts remains 
therein. The noncommissioned officer in charge of the detachment 
is responsible for the care and preservation of the subpost with all 
that pertains thereto. (Chief of Coast Artillery, approved by the 
Secretary of War, July 25, 1910, published in Cir. 22, Department of 
the Gulf, 1910.) 

1365. Regimental. (A. R., 258, 259, 325, 835; G. O. 1, W. D., 
1905, amended by G. O. 7, W. D., 1910; G. O. 249; W. D., 1907, con- 
strued by Cir. 33, W. D., 1908.) 

1366. Record-card system (G. O. 92, W. D., 1909) not extended 
to regimental headquarters. (14445-A, O. I. G.) 



206 RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 

1367. Coast artillery band fund record;^. i^A. R., 326.) 

1368. A coneppondeuce book and a document file are part of the 
records of a regimental band, to be kept sejjarately from the reg:imon- 
tal records. (A. R., 15, 280; G. 0. 109, W. 1)., 1906, par. 4r: 13545, 
O. I.G.) 

1369. The battalion, in a regiment, is not an administrative unit 
and has no separate records. (A. R., 244.) See par. 99, ow(€. 

1370. Battalions not organized into regiments. (A. R., 244; 
G. O. 1, W. D., 1905, amended by G. O. 7, W. D., 1910.) 

1371. Company (A. R. 280-282, 318, 332, 835, 1172, 1174, 1384, 
1493, 1494); morning report (G. O. 194, W. D., 1909); target record 
(Prov. S. A. F. M., pp. 75, 214); record of sizes of clothing 
(U. R. 37); descriptive lists (Cir. 12, W. D., 1910; G. O. 134, W. D., 
1911); mess-fund account books (G. O. 148, W. D., 1908); memo- 
randum of diseases and injuries of public animals (G. O. 252, W. D., 
1909); additional for an independent company (G. O. 1, W. D., 
1905, amended by G. O. 7, W. D., 1910). 

1372. For the sake of brevity, the "Descriptive List, Military 
Record, and Statement of Accounts" of a soldier, will be referred to 
hereafter, in all official commimications requiring reference to it, as 
the "Descriptive List." (G. O. 162, W. D., 1909.) 

1373. Retained papers relating to accountability for property 
pertaining to a company or detachment. (Cir. 84, W. D., 1909.) 

1374. Records of artillery firing a\411 be kept at seacoast forts and 
by organizations of mobile artillery. (A. R. 1572; C. A. M. 11, 
W. D., 1910; G. O. 46, W. D., 1911.) 

1375. \\Tien a regiment or company is relieved from duty in a 
division or department, the devision and department orders in its 
possession, except extracts of special orders, will be disposed of 
under instructions of the division and department commanders. 
(A. R., 2.58,281.) 

1376. In every staff corps and department, regiment, battalion 
not forming part of a regiment, and independent troop, battery or 
Company, will be kept a detailed history of the services of the 
oi^anization. The history will, at all times, be kept as nearly up to 
date as possible. (G. O. 1, W. D., 1905; G. O. 7, W. D., 1910.) 

1377. WTiat regimental and company books and papers are to be 
permanently i)reserved and what destroyed after five years. (A. R., 
258, 281.) 

1378. liefore books and papers are destroyed under A. R., 249 
and 272, 1904 (A. R., 258 and 281, 1910), they should be carefully 



RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 80f 

examined to see that e\'erything of historical value thereih has been 
embodied in the history of the organization. (G. O. 1, W. D., 1905.) 

1370. Quartermaster. (Q. M. M., 27, 28, 31, 534-536 and 5351, 
G. O. 71, W. D., 1905; Q. M. M., 652-654; G. O. 109, W. D., 1906; 
Cir. 7, Q. M. G. 0., 1909, amended by Cir. 5, Q. M. G. O., 1910; 
Cir. 11, Q. M. G. 0., 1909; A. R. 1035.) Property records. (Cir. 
18, Q. M. G. O., 1911.) File descriptive cards of public animals. 
(A. R., 1086, G. 0. 252, W. D., 1909.) Memorandum of diseases and 
injuries of public animals. (G. O. 252, W. D., 1909.) Account of 
fuel and light issued to soldiers entitled to or occupjdng separate 
rooms as quarters. (Cir. 18, W. D., 1910.) 

AATien a public animal is transferred, the descriptive card (Form 
No. 277, A. G. O.) will accompany the animal, the responsible 
officer being the proper custodian of the card. (Cir. 54, W. D., 
1909.) 

1380. Post laundry records. (G. O. 68, W. D., 1910.) 

1381. Commissary. (M. S. D., 291, amended by G. O. 193, 
W. D., 1910; M. S. D., 293-299; G. O. 109, W. D., 1906; Cir. 8, Office 
f)f Commissary General, 1909.) 

1382. Military hospitals. (M. M. D., 172, 322, 395-474.) Com- 
pleted morning reports of sick will be preserved for a period of one 
year, unless the command is sooner discontinued, when they will be 
destroyed. (A. R., 1493.) Register of the hospital fund discon- 
tinued, and replaced by duplicate of the monthly statement of the 
hospital fund. (M. M. D., 322; 14057, O. I. G.) Entries to be made 
with reference to proficiency in identification work when a member 
of the Hospital (^orps is transferred, discharged, or reenlisted. 
(G. O. 8, W. D., 1910.) 

Dental records. (M. M. D., 475-483.) 

Ambulance companies: Peace (M. M. D., 156, 160); war (M. M. D., 
628, 785). 

Field hospitals: Peace (M. M. D., 156, 160); war (M. M. D., 655, 
785). 

Medical supply depots. (M. M. D., 380, 400, 404-408.) 

Medical Department in the field. (M. M. D., 778-788.) 

1383. Accumulations of obsolete and worthless documents at 
independent administrative offices of the Medical Department, how 
disposed of. (M. M. D., 405.) 

1384. Identification records of enlisted men. (W. D. G. O. 68, 
206, 1906; 103, 1908; 32, 119, 1909; W. D. Cirs. 44, 1906; 2, 75, 
1907; 16, 51, 79, 1908; 11, 1909.) Of military convicts. (G. O. 77 
and Cir. 48, W. D., 1910.) 



208 RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 

1385. Paymasters. (M. P. D., 75, 81o.) 

1386. Engineer Department. (E. R., 80-102.) 

1387. Jlecords to be furnished district Artillery engineers by the 
Signal C'oq)s whenever the latter transfers a standard fire-control 
installation to the Coast Artillery Corps. (G. 0. 107. W. D., 1910.) 

1388. Cable book. (G. O. 202, \V. D., 1910.) 

1389. To be maintained by the Artillery engineer. (S. C. M. 
No. 8, p. 343.) 

1390. Records of the history and operations of fortification power 
plants, mining casemates, searchlights, and fire-control installations 
to be kept in the oilice of the post Artillery engineer. (Par. 10. G. O. 
182, W. D., 1907.) 

1391. Ordnance. (,(). K. pp. 50, 51.) Financial records to be 
kept at ordnance stations. (Ord. Orders 12, 1910, pp. 24-44, 103.) 
When tlie Record Book of Receipts and Disbursements is kept, the 
retained Account Current and Abstract of Disbursements need not 
be executed. (Ord. Orders 12, 1910, p. 164.) 

1392. Powder book to be kept by the ordnance officer at everj- 
seacoast fort. (Art. Mem. No. 4, W. D., 1904.) » 

1393. Kept by Artillery district ordnance officer: Record of work 
performed by each resident and nonresident ordnance machinist in 
tlio district." (G. O. G2, W. D., 1908. par. IV, sec. 24; G. O. 102, 
W. D., 1909.) 

1394. The keeping of the •Record of Ordnance and Ordnance 
Stores at Posts" (Form No. 21, Ordnance Department), described in 
Artillery Memorandum No. 1, War Department, 1907, will hereafter 
be optional with artillerj- district ordnance officers. (C. A. M. 3, 
\V. D., 1909.) 

1395. Signal ( orps records pertaining to military telegraph lines to 
be kept in telegraph offices. (S. C. M. No. 2, rules 3, 36, 45, 54, 
61-64.) To be kept at wireless stations. (S. C. M. No. 2, rule 143.) 

1396. Chaplains. (A. R., 45.) 

1397. National cemetery record Ixjoks: Letters-received book and 
index; letters-sent l)ook and index; record of dusbursements; burial 
register; visitors" rc^gister. (N. C. R.. 160.) 

1398. The following books and records are required to be kept in 
connection with recruit administration : 

(a) At general recruit depots. — Correspondence book (A. R., 211); 
consolidated morning report (A. R., 211); company morning report 
(A. R., 280); sick report (A. R., 280); guard report (A. R., 211); 
monthly report of medical examination of applicants for enlistment — 
retained copy. Form 265, A. G. O. (A. R., 888); document file 



RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE. 209 

A. R., 211); order file (A. R., 211); copies of all returns and reports 
rendered, if not contained in document file (A. R., 211; 12063, 
O. I. G.); copies of D. and A. cards (Cir. 23, W. D., 1908); monthly 
reports of elopements of accepted applicants (G. O. 243, W. D., 
1909). 

All records pertaining to recruit administration at recruit depots 
and depot posts will be so kept that a change may, without interfer- 
ence, be made at any time in the post personnel. (A. R., 858.) 

(6) At recruit depot posts. — Monthly report of medical examination 
of applicants for enlistment — retained copy, Form 265, A. G. 0. 
(A. R., 888; 12063, O. I. G.); copies of D. and A. cards (Cir. 23, 
W. D., 1908); monthly reports of elopements of accepted applicants 
(G. O. 243, W. D., 1909). 

(c) At other garrisoned posts. — Monthly report of medical examina- 
tion of applicants for enlistment — retained copy, Form 265, A. G. O. 
(A. R., 888; 12063, O. I. G.). 

{d) At general recruiting stations (main). — Correspondence book 
(^A. R., 211); company morning report (A. R., 280); sick report 
(A. R., 280); record of meals (Cir. letter, A. G. O., June 24, 1909); 
copies of D. and A. cards (Cir. 23, W. D., 1908); book of transportation 
requests (Cir. 41, W. D., 1906); document file (A. R., 211); order 
file (A. R., 211); copies of all returns and reports rendered, if not 
contained in document file (A. R., 211); muster roll of recruiting 
party — retained copy (Cir. letter, A. G. O., Apr. 8, 1907 j. And where 
the recruiting officer is a disbursing officer: Cash book; check book 
(A. R., 619-621; 12063, O. I. G.). 

Circular 23, \\'ar Department, 1908, requires recruiting officers at 
general recruiting stations to file thereat copies of the descriptive 
and assignment cards of all applicants for enlistment examined by the 
recruiting officer, whether the applicants be accepted or rejected. 
(Indorsement, A. G. 0., Sept. 3, 1908; 12598, O. I. G.) 

(e) At auxiliary stations. — As the recruiting officer simply makes 
visits to these (auxiliary) stations when candidates for enlistment 
are assembled, and as such a station is frequently operated by a 
single soldier, few or no records are kept there. The records of the 
parties are all kept at the main stations. While it might be well to 
keep records at some of the more important auxiliary stations, it will 
be readily seen that for the department to prescribe a rule in this 
respect for all the auxiliary stations of ^•arying degrees of importance 
is wholly impracticable. The matter has therefore been left to the 
judgment of the responsible officer who can best judge what records 

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210 RECRUITING SERVICE. 

should be kept at each place. (M. S. (». h-Mcr. July <). 1004; Cir. 
letter, (). I. G., July 25, 1904.) 

RECRITITIXG SERVICE. 

Recruiting stations. 

1399. Applicants. — Instructions as to qualifications of applicantd 
for enlistment, rates of pay of enlisted men, etc. (Cir. 69, W. D., 
1910.) 

Rules for physical examination. (G. O., 66, W. D., 1910.) Mini- 
mum visual requirements. (Cir-. 26, W. D., 1909.) 

Test in English language. (G. 0., 37, W. D., 1910.) 

Minors. (W. D. Cirs. 54, 1909; 69, 81, 1910.) 

Those who have once declined enlistment after having been 
accepted. (G. O., 243, W. D., 1909.) 

Ex-convicts. (A. R. 866; Cir. letter, A. G. O., July 20, 1911; 
13218-G. O. I. G.) 

1400. Men who present themselves for enlistment in the Army 
will be interrogated as to service in the National Guard and in the 
event that they have served in such State troops they will be required 
to present satisfactory evidence that they have been honorably dis- 
charged therefrom, or if imable to do so, enlistment will be refused. 
(Cir. 13, A. G. 0., 1903.) Also see Cir. 62, W. D., 1908. 

1401. Officers on duty at the general recruiting stations will see 
that the question of special assignment of applicants is settled while 
the applicants are at the recruiting stations. (Cii-. letter, A. G. O., 
July 30, 1907.) See Cir. letter, A. G. O., Mar. 17, 1908. 

1403. Instructions as to the prompt forwarding of accepted appli- 
cants and papers pertaining to them from general recruiting station- 
to recruit depots and dei)ot-posts. (Cir. 44, W. D., 1907.) 

1403. Punishment for violation of R. S., 5439, in the matter oi 
procuring subsistence and transportation by fraudulent application 
for enlistment in the Army. (Cir. 54, 91, W. D., 1908.) 

Return transportation from depot to station not to be furnished 
certain applicants. (Cir. 7, W. D., 1908.) 

1404. Arms and equipments. — Arms will not be issued to recruiting 
parties. (Cir. 14, W. D., 1904.) Belts. (U. R. 38.) 

1405. Flags, posters, and signs. — Recruiting and advertising flags. 
(A. R., 224.) How displayed. (Cir. letter, A. G. O., July 30, 1907.) 

Supervision and inspection l>y recruiting oflicers of posters put uji 
under contract. (Cir. letter, A. G. O., July 1, 1910.) 



RECRUITING SERVICE. 211 

Posters that are to be put up without expense to the Government 
for billposting. (Cir. letter, A. G. O., Aug. 26, 1909.) 

Recruiting signs for general recruiting stations. (Cir. letter, A. G. 
0., Jan. 14, 1908.) 

It is important that at every recruiting station the flag be effect- 
ively displayed, and that the posters and recruiting sign be judi- 
ciously placed. (Oil-, letter, A. G. O., July 30, 1907.) 

1406. Inspection. — Inspecting officers in making inspections of 
general recruiting stations will take special care to ascertain and 
report whether the requirements of Cii'cular 27, War Department, 
1908, are observed. (Par. 5, Cir. 27, W. D., 1908.) 

Instructions to inspectors general relatiA'e to recruiting officei's, 
their ijiterest in and aptitude for their work, efforts to secure recruits 
character, appearance, and suitability of recruiting parties; dress and 
soldierly appearance of door orderly; attractiveness of station, ad- 
vertising, display of flag, etc. (Cir. letter, O. I.G., Apr. 6, 1908; 
12359 O. I. G.) Also see par. 117, ante. 

1407. Inspection of auxiliary stations. — ' ' The Chief of Staff, having 
decided that inspections of auxiliary recruiting stations are not neces- 
sary, directs that the inspector general of your division be advised 
accordingly, and that he be instructed, upon his visit to the main 
station, to make special inquiry regarding the management of the 
auxiliary stations, the character of personnel there located, etc., 
such information to be obtained from the recruiting officer. If, upon 
inspection of the main station, an inspector is put in possession of any 
circumstance at an auxiliary station which he deems it important to 
inquire into on the ground, he should proceed to make his inspection 
and have his journey subsequently confirmed." (Cir. letter, M. S. 
O., May 29, 1905, to Division Commanders.) 

1408. Inspection of meals. For the purpose of ascertaining 
whether the meals furnished are suitable and in accordance with 
the terms of the agreements or contracts under which they are fur- 
nished, officers of the general recruiting service will make periodical 
inspections of the meals furnished at all main, auxiliary, and inter- 
mediate recruiting stations under their charge. No more than one 
meal need be inspected at any station in any one day, but inspec- 
tions will be so timed that different meals will be inspected in suc- 
cession at each station. At each main station one or more meals 
will be inspected each week, and at each auxiliary or intermediate 
station one or more meals will be inspected during each visit of the 
recruiting officer to that station, but no journey to any station will 
be made for the sole purpose of inspecting meals. The fact that such 



212 RECRUITING SERVICE. 

iiirspection has been made, the date of the inspection at each station, 
and the meal or meals inspected on that date will be noted in the 
column of remarks on the station trimonthly report of the general 
recruiting service. (Cir. letter, A. G. O., Mar. 31, 1906.) See par. 
G68, ante. 

1409. Newspapers avd periodicals. — An allowance of $10 per annum 
is made for subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals for each main 
recruiting station designated by The Adjutant General. (Form No. 
371, Q. M. G. O., Mar. 2, 1911.) 

1410. Offire. — Important that it be on first floor where flags and 
recruiting sign can be displayed to attract attention, and where the 
orderly will be actually on the sidewalk instead of in hallway. (Cir. 
letter, A. G. O., Nov. 27, 1909; 13218-15, O. I. G.) 

Rooms will not be selected in a building the owners or occupantd 
of which may object to the posting of a soldier at the main entrance 
as required in Circular 27, War Department, 1908. (Cir. 27, W. D., 
1908.) 

L<'asing of rooms for recruiting pui-poses — articles and facilitiea 
to he furnished by lessors. (G. O. 240, W. D., 1909.) 

Location of office at main or central auxiliary station not to be 
(•hanged without first obtaining authority from The Adjutant Gen- 
erars^Oflice. (Cir. letter, A. G. 0., Dec. 11, 1909.) 

A recruiting station is not to be regarded as a "military' station" 
within the meaning of A. R., 109, 1908 [A. R., 110, 1910]. (Cirs. 21 
and 41. W. D., 1909.) 

1411. Office hours. — Except on Sundays and holidays, recruit- 
ing offices will be opened for business daily not later than 8 a. m. 
and closed not earlier than 5 p. m. (Cir. 27, W. D.. 1908.) 

The Secretary of War has decided that the Executive order dated 
June 25, 1909, i)nblished in Circular 42, War Department, 1909. 
jjroviding " that during the months of July, August, and September 
of each year, until further notice, four hours, exclusive of time for 
luncheon, shall constitute a day's work on Saturdays for all clerks 
and other employees of the Federal Government, wherever em- 
ploved," does not apply to Army recruiting stations. (Cir letter. 
A. G. O., July 6, 1911; 15322, O. I. G.) 

1412. Orderhj. — WTien a recruiting party consists of two or 
more onlisted men, one man of soldierly bearing and properly 
uniformed will be j)osted at the main (street) entrance of the 
recniiting station during at least four hours of each week day. to 
answer inquiries and direct ai)i)li'ants to the recruiting oflice. 
(Cir. 27, W. D., 1908. See par. 1418, post.) 



RECRUITING SERVICE. 313 

1413. Passes. — Officers in charge of general recruiting stations 
may grant passes to members of their parties for absence not exceed- 
ing 48 hours. (Cir. letter, A. G. 0., Oct. 16, 1909.) 

1414. Quarters. — The privilege of living out of quarters may 
be granted by recruiting officers to the following classes of members 
of recruiting parties: 

(1) Soldiers who were married prior to their last enlistment or 
prior to their transfer to the recruiting service. 

(2) Soldiers who may hereafter receive permission from the ^^'ar 
Department to marry. 

The privilege of living out of quarters will not be extended to 
more than one man at each main station. When an enlisted man to 
whom this privilege has been granted desires to be subsisted inde- 
pendently, he will submit in writing an appilcation to The Adjutant 
General of the Army to be paid the contract price of subsistence. 
This application will be forwarded by the recruiting officer, with 
his recommendation and with such information in regard thereto 
as may be deemed pertinent. (G. 0. 190, W. D., 1904.) 

G. 0. 190, W. D., 1904, does not contemplate payment by the 
Government for a soldier's lodgings when the privilege of living out 
of quarters is accorded him, and the Quartermaster's Department is 
prohibited by law from paying commutation of quarters. (Secretary 
of War, Dec. 2, 1909; 13788, O. I. G.) 

1415. Records. (See par. 1398, ante.) 

1416. Regulations governing the recruiting service. (A. R., 857- 
894.) 

1417. Toilet articles for recruiting stations . (A. R., 1240.) 
1418. — Uniform. — Officers and enlisted men on duty at general 

recruiting stations will wear, according to the season, either the dress 
or the white uniform, but they will not wear the service uniform. 
This, however, is not to be construed so as to prevent such officers 
and enlisted men from wearing olive drab shirts when considered 
necessary by the recruiting officer in charge. The time of wearing 
the white or the dress unifom will be determined for each recruiting 
district by the officer in charge of the district. 

Recruiting officers and members of their recruiting parties will 
be in uniform when on duty as such. 

While posted at the main entrance of recruiting stations, or while 
on duty in parks and squares, or on other duty as may be directed 
by the recruiting officer in charge, enlisted men will, while wearing 
the dress uniform, wear white gloves and the russet-leather belt; 



214 RECRUITING SERVICE. 

if wearing the white uniform they will wear white gloved and the 
white web belt issued by the Ordnance Department. (U. R., 38.) 

Recruiting officers will give special attention to the dress and 
appearance of their men and will take the necessary steps to relieve 
from recruiting duty any men now on their parties or that may be 
received hereafter who are slovenly or unsoldierly in appearance. 
(Cir. 27. W. D., 1908.) 

Existing instructions are specific in requiring recruiting officers to 
be in uniform "while on duty as such," which, of course, includes 
the time during which they are on duty at either main or auxil- 
iary stations. These instructions are not construed, however, as 
requiring recruiting officers to be in uniform while traveling to and 
from auxiliary stations. (Indorsement, A. G. O., Aug. 29, 1908; 
12587, 0. I. G.) 

1419. White summer clothing for members of recruiting parties, 
how supplied and disposed of when unserviceable. (A. R., 1183; 
Cirs. 27, 40, W. D., 1908; Cir. letter, A. G. O., May 20, 1909.) 
When to be worn. (U. R., p. 52.) 

1420. Uniform clothing will not be issued to applicants for 
enlistment. (Cir. 41, W. D., 1906.) 

1421. Vaccination. — Accepted applicants are not to be vaccinated 
at recruiting stations. (A. R., 883; 13218-j:, O. I. G.) 

Recruit depots and depot posts. 

1422. Control of division commanders over recruit depots with 
reference to the administration of military justice, payment of troops, 
and limited in.spections. (A. R., 189.) 

1423. In all matters of police and discipline recruits at recruit 
depot posts are under the command of the post and department 
commanders, but in all other matters, including discharges for 
disability, they are directly under the orders of the War Depart- 
ment. (A. R., 858.) 

Note. — A list of recruit depots and depot posts will be foimd in 
the monthly "Army List and Directory." 

1424. Recruits at general depots will be organized for instruc- 
tion into recruit companies as may be directed by the War Depart- 
ment. (A. R., 859.) 

1425. Directions of the Secretary of War relative to the instruc- 
tion of recruits at recruit depots communicated to the commanding 
officer of each recruit depot by A. G. O. letter, dated December 
6, 1910. (13218-C, O. I. G.) Colored recruits of no previous serv- 



RECRUITING SERVICE. 216 

ice are not to be held at recruit depots lor instruction. (Cir. letter, 
A. G. O., Feb. 6, 1911; 13218-D, 0. I. G.) 

1426. Applicants accepted as band musicians are to be examined 
in music before enlistment at a recruit depot or depot post. (Cir. 
letter, A. G. 0., June 15, 1908.) 

1427. Special privileges or advantages not allowed officers in 
selecting recruits for Engineer companies; complaints as to character 
of recruits assigned to such companies, etc. (G. O. 8, Office of Chief 
of Engineers, 1909.) 

1428. Each recruit, before leaving a recruit depot for service in 
the Philippines, will be supplied with two pairs of summer drawers, 
two cotton undershii'ts, and two pairs of cotton stockings, or such of 
these articles as are not already in his possession, to be taken with 
him for use on the transport or after arrival in the islands. (Cir. 
letter, A. G. O., Apr. 20, 1911, to commanding officers of recruit 
depots; 13218-F, O. I. G.) 

1429. Canvas bags for use of recruits in carrying their effects fi-om 
recruit depots to first stations. (Par. 1, G. O. 161, W. D., 1910, 
amended by Par. II, G. O. 91, W. D., 1911.) 

1430. Recruits en route from recruit depots to join organizations 
are to wear eer\ace caps. Service hats will be issued to them 
after they shall have joined the organizations to which they have 
been assigned. (U. R., 65 (c).) 

1431. Sending of public property, in addition to the articles of 
personal equipment in the hands of each recruit, with a detachment 
of recruits leaving a recruit depot. (Cir. 55, W. D., 1908.) 

1432. Civilian clothing of accepted recruits will be disinfected 
horeafter at recruit depots and depot posts instead of at recruiting 
stations. (Cir. 37, W. D., 1906.) 

1433. Barber shop is to be established in connection with post 
exchange at recniit depots. (Chief of Staff, May 23, 1905; 10008, 
O. T.G.) 

1434. Records. (See par. 1398, anU.) 

1435. The batteries, power plants, and other artillery acces- 
sories used for seacoast-defense purposes at Fort Slocum, N. Y., are 
attached to and will form a part of the recruit depot thereat. (G. O. 
25, W. D., 1907.) To be inspected by the officer from the Inspector 
General's Office, War Department, when he makes his inspection 
of the recruit depot. (Secretary of War, Apr. 9, 1908; 12333, O. I. G.) 

The batteries, power plants, and other artillery accessories used 
tor seacoast-defense purposes at Fort McDowell, Cal., are attached to 
and will form a part of the recruit depot thereat. (G. 0. 100, W. D., 
1909.) 



216 SERVANTS. 

RETIRED OFFICERS. 

1436. Pay and "allowances. (A. R., 1053, 1073, 1080, 1008, 1114. 
1152, 1154, 1280, 1329, 1468, 1496; M. P. D., 895-931.) When assigned 
to active duty. (Act Apr. 23, 1904, 33 Stat. L., 264; G. O. 76, W. D., 
1904, p. 10; act Mar. 2, 1905, 33 Stat. L., 831; G. O. 40, W. D., 1905, 
p. 9; act June 12, 1900, 34 Stat. L., 245; G. 0. 115, W. D.. 1906, p. 8.) 
When detailed to educational institutions. (Act Mar. 3, 1909, 35 
Stat. L., 738; G. O. 49, W. D., 1909, j). 10.) WTien assigned to 
active duty as members of the board of road commissioners for 
Alaska. (Act Mar. 3, 1911, 36 Stat. L., 1052; G. O. 45, W. D., 
1911, p. 25.) 

1437. The Secretary of War may assign retired officers of the 
Army, with their consent, to active duty in recruiting, for service 
in connection with the organized militia in the several States and 
Territories upon the request of the governor thereof, as military 
attaches, upon courts-martial, courts of inquiry and boards, and to 
staff duties not involving service with troops. (Act Apr. 23, 1004, 
33 Stat. L., 264; G. O. 76, W. D., 1904, p. 10.) 

1438. When detailed to active duty in the recruiting service or 
as professors of military science and tac-tics at educational institu- 
tions they are not officers '"required to be mounted." (C'ir. 81, 
W. D., 1908.) Status as to mounts when on duty with the organized 
militia. (G. 0. 121, W. D., 1911.) 

1439. Are subject to the rules and articles of war. (R. S., 1256.) 

1440. Retired officers may be assigned to duty at the Soldiers' 
Home, provided tliey receive from the Government only the pay 
and emoluments allowed by law to retired officers. (R. S.. 1259.) 
But they may receive supplies from the home, and the treasurer 
may receive a salary from the fuuils of the home. (XX Op. Att. 
Gen., 350, Mar. 14, 1892.) 

1441. "An assistant general treasurer and inspector general of 
the National Home for Disal)led Volunteer Soldiers is not an officer 
of the United States within tlie meaning of the act of July 31, 1894," 
and a retired officer receiving compensation of .'?2,500 per annum is 
not debarred from holding that office. (8 Comp., 443, Jan. 11. 1902. t 

1442. Laws, regulations, and instructions governing detail of, 
at educational institutions. (G. O. 231, W. D., 1909.) 

SERVANTS. 

1443. Ko officer shall use an enlisted man as a servant in any 
case whatever. (R. S., 1232.) See par. 1142 aiUe. 



SOLDIERS' HOMES. 217 



1444. Company commanders enjoined to personally super\'ise 
fit of the footgear; soldier has a marked tendency to wear a marching 
shoe of the same size as his dress shoe, whereas he should wear at 
least a size larger. (Cir. 34, W. D., 1906.) 

1445. One size stick and two shoe stretchers for each company or 
detachment will l)e furnished by the Qiiartermast«r's Department. 
(Cir. 63, W. D.. 1909; U. R., 37 (b).) 

1446. Shoes of old pattern, both black and russet, on hand at 
the various posts, depots, and stations should be absorbed by issue 
as far as practicable before those of the latest pattern are issued. 
(Secretary of War and Quartermaster General, Nov. 16 and 27, 1908; 
12942, O.'l. G.) 

1447. An explanation for not wearing imiform shoes at inspec- 
tion in dress uniform to the effect that the men's feet were so tender 
that wearing uniform shoes caused loss of efficiency, was not accepted 
by the War Department as satisfactory, and the men were required 
to wear the imiform shoe as prescribed. (Dec. Acting Secretary of 
War, Oct. 29, 1907; 12006, O. I. G.) 

1448. Neat's-foot oil for use as a shoe dressing will be furnished 
by the Quartermaster's Department, and a supply of not less than 
4 ounces for each man will be kept on hand in every organization 
for use in the held in wet -weather. (Cir. 72, W. D., 1907.) 

SIGNAL CORPS DEPOTS AND POSTS. 

1449. "The general depots of supply," mentioned in A. R., 
187, 1904 (A. R., 189, 1910), include the general property depots of 
the Signal Corps at present established or that may hereafter be 
established. "N^Tienever such depots of the Signal Coi-ps are situated 
at a Signal CorjDs post, matters of post administration remain in 
the hands of the division and department commanders. (Cir. 46, 
W'. D., 1906.) See A. R., 192. 

soldiers' homes. 
Soldiers' Home at Washington, D. C. 

1450. The following persons, members of the Soldiers' Home, 
according to section 4814. Revised Statutes, shall be entitled to the 
rights and benefits herein conferred, and no others: 

First. Every soldier of the Army of the United States who has 
served, or may serve, honestly and faithfully 20 years in the same. 



218 SOLDIERS' HOMES. 

Second. Everj- soldier and every discharged soldier, whether 
regular or volunteer, who has suffered, or may suffer, liy reason of 
disease or wounds incurred in the service and in the line of his 
duty, rendering him incapable of further military service, if such 
disability was not occasioned by his own misconduct. 

Third. The invalid and disabled soldier, whether regulars or 
volunteers, of the War of 1812 and of all subsequent wars. (R. S., 
4821.) 

Note. — Discharged soldiers who served only in volunteer organi- 
zations are not received at the Soldiers' Home in the District of 
Columbia, because provision is made for them in the National 
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. (Laws and Regulations 
for the Soldiers' Home, p. 20.) 

1451. Regulations for admission to the Soldiers' Homo, Washing- 
ton, D. C. (A. R., 177-180.) 

1452. The law which required that 12^ cents per month for the 
Soldiers' Home be deducted from the pay of enlisted men was 
repealed by act of June 12, 1906 (G. O. 115, W. D., 1906, p. 4), and 
act of May 11, 1908 (G. O. 80, W. D., 1908, p. 8). 

1453. Board of commissioners. (Act Mar. 4, 1909; 35 Stat. L., 
1004; G. O. 63, W. D.. 1909, p. 13.) 

National Home/or Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. 

1454. The following persons only shall be entitled to the benefits 
ot the National Homo for Disa]>led Volunte<!r Soldiers, and may be 
admitted thoroto upon the order of a mem})or of t\m l)oard of man- 
agers, namely: 

All honorably discharged officers, soldiers, and sailors who served 
in the regular or volunteer forces of the United States in any war 
in which the country has been engaged, including the Spanish- 
American War, the provisional army (authorized by act of Congress 
approved Mar. 2, 1899), in any of the cam])aigns against hostile 
Indians, or who have served in the Philippines, in China, or in 
Alaska, who are disabled by disease, wounds or otherwise, and who 
have no adequate means of support, aro not otherwise ])rovided for 
bv law, and by reason of such disability arc incapable of earning 
their living. (Acts Mar. 21, 1866; May 26. 1900; Jan. 28. 1901; 
May 27, 1908; Mar. 4, 1909; Regulations N. H. D. V. S., par. 83, 
published in G. O. 148, W. D., 1909.) 

1455. Personal property of deceased members of the National 
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers who leave no heirs at law or 
next of kin, how disposed of. (Act June 25, 1910, 36 Stat. L., 73G; 
G. O. 133. W. D.. 1910, p. 25.) 



SUBMARINE MINING. 819 



1456. Of a territorial division commander. (A. R., 196.) De- 
partment commander. (A. R., 198.) Department of Hawaii. 
(G. O. 129, W. D., 1911.) Commanders of normal brigades and 
higher units. (F. S. R., 16.) Temporary brigades and divisions 
formed for instruction at field exercises, maneuvers, etc. (F. S. R., 
5.) General officer commanding a post. (A. R., 198.) Artillerj' 
district commander. (A.R.,307.) Regimental commander. (A.R.. 
248.) Battalion and squadron commanders. (A. R., 248.) Post 
commander. (A. R., 206.) 

1457. Officers of the General Staff (staff departments), serving at 
military posts, do not belong to regiments or battalions, but consti- 
tute the staif of the commanding officer. They will attend him on 
all reviews and inspections; will form in line three paces to the rear 
of the commanding officer, who may, at his discretion, require 
them to stand fast when he proceeds to make the "inspection," or 
he may instnict one or more to accompany him, and the remainder 
to retain their position at the post for revievK (Cir. 8, A. G. O., 
1885.) See G. O. 196, W. D., 1909. 

1458. Tour of service of staff officers in the Philippine Islands 
to be two and one-half years. (Secretary of War, Oct. 25, 1911; 
9028-D, O. I. G.) 

1459. Hereafter graduates of the Service Schools and the Staff 
C'ollege shall not be subject to detail in any staff corps or depart- 
ment, or to other detached service until they have rejoined the 
organizations to which they belong and served therewith two years. 
(Secretary of War, Aug. 29, 1911; 14.32't-B. O. I. G.) 

SUBMARINE MINING. 

1460. Designation '"torpedo companies" changed to '"mine com- 
panies." (G. O. 21, W. D., 1908.) 

1461. Companies assigned to a mine defeusa are charged with the 
care and operation of the mine equipment. (G. O. 62, W. D., 1908, 
Par. IV, sec. 17.) 

1462. Accountability for submarine mine property. (G. O. 182, 
W. D., 1907, amended by W. D. G. O. 121, 1908; 50, 1911.) 

1463. Expendable submarine stores. (Prov. M. S. M., pp. 27-29.) 

1464. Mine equipment expended in mine commands. (G. O. 02, 
W. D., 1908, Par. IV, sec. 18.) 

1465. The distribution box boats, being a part of the mine equip- 
ment of the Coast Artillery Corps, will be assigned by artillery dis- 



220 SUBMARINE MINING. 

Irict coininaiulors to mine companies or to detacliments assigned to 
mine defense for their care and use. The oflicer in command of the 
oi?;anization will himself take direct charge of the boats or will 
designate an officer inider his command for that duty. He will 
assign to each boat as crew a corporal and two specially selected 
privates, the corporal to act as master of the boat, one of the privates 
as engineer, and the other as deck hand. (G. O. 235, "W. D.. 1909.) 

1466. As the use of these boats (wooden working boats for sub- 
marine mining) will tend to keep them in good condition and serve 
to train the members of the various crews in their handling and care, 
their use for ordinary work in the waters about a coast artillerj' post, 
when not needed for submarine mine purposes, is authorized under 
proper supervision of local commanding officers. (Cir. 37, W. D., 
1905.) 

1467. Annual allowance of submarine mines for practice at poets 
supplied with the necessary mine explosive: To each post where a 
mine company is stationed, three mines; to other posts where in- 
struction in submarine mining is required, one mine. (G. O. 22, 
W. D., 1911, p. 9.) 

1468. Submarine mine property shall not be used for other than 
mine purposes, unless the express authority of the Chief of Artillery 
therefor has been pre^^ously obtained. (G. O. 86, W. D., 1905.) 

1469. At posts provided with the necessary material (oil engine, 
storage battery, transformers, switchboard, operating boxes, etc.), a 
mining casemate shall be installed, pro'vided a suitable room is 
available or may be extemporized for this purpose. If for any rea- 
son it is found impossible to make this temporary installation, the 
commanding officer shall make a detailed report .showing why it can 
not be done. (G. O. 86, W. D., 1905.) 

1470. Instructions relative to classification of submarine mine 
cable. (Cir. 78, W. D., 1908.) 

1471. Test of submarine mine cable, received at an artillery post , 
for insulation and copper resistance. (Cir. 45, W. D., 1907; G. O. 
202. W. D., 1910.) 

1472. Cable tanks should, if practicable, be kept filled with fresh 
water; but when this is impracticable salt water may be used Tintil 
a supply of fresh water becomes available. (G. O. 86. W. D., 1905.) 
See p. 08, Prov. M. S. M. 

1473. Test of mines and apparatus. (Prov. M. S. Isl., pp. 42-44.) 

1474. Care and preservation of submarine mine material. (Prov. 
M. S. M., pp. 73-75.) 



SUBSISTENCE STORES. 221 

1476. Sales list, including articles to be kept for sale in Alaska and 
the Philippine Islands and at recruit depots. (G. O. 172, W. D., 
1909.) 

1476. The War Department has uniformly declined to authorize 
sales, made to enlisted men and civilian employees under A. R., 
1259 and 1263, 1908 (A. R., 1263 and 1267, 1910), to be paid for at 
the end of the month. (13274-B, 13612, O. I. G.) See par. 1302 
ante. 

1477. Prices to be charged for subsistence stores furnished by the 
Subsistence Department to another bureau of the War Department, 
or to another executive department of the Government or employees 
thereof. (Act Mar. 3, 1911; 36 Stat. L., 1047; G. O. 45. W. D.. 1911, 
p. 17.) 

1478. Sales of subsistence stores made to a company, detachment, 
hospital, post bakery or post exchange, when paid for within the 
calendar month in which they are made, are regarded as cash sales 
within the meaning of A. R., 1259, 1908) [A. R., 1263, 1910]. (Cir. 
92, W. D., 1909.) 

1479. Section 1144, Revised Statutes, provides for sales of sub- 
sistence stores at " cost prices; " and the act of July 5. 1884 (23 Stats.. 
108), defines the cost price as follows: " The cost price of each article 
shall be understood, in all cases of such sales, to be the invoice price 
of the last lot of that article received by the officer making the sale 
prior to the first day of the month in which the sale is made." This 
provision of law is specific and positive, and there is no authority for 
selling supplies at a reduction in price whereby the Depai'tment will 
receive less than the law prescribes. Even the fraction of a cent is 
at times a portion of the cost price to be charged and must be exacted, 
so that if the purchaser does not choose to purchase a quantity that 
will total to an even cent, the Department has to insist upon the full 
cent. But it is the privilege of the purchaser, and a common prac- 
tice, to call for a small article to make out the difference, otherwise he 
loses the fraction of the cent. The Government can not lose but may 
gain, and the fraction of a cent in the course of a month may amount 
to dollars, which under paragraph 292, Subsistence Manual [M. S. D., 
295, 1910], the commissary is required to take up and account for. 
Par. 639, A. R., 1908 [A. R., 646, 1910] applies to footings of vouchers 
only. (Views of Commissary General, concurred in by the Secretary 
of War, Jan. 6, 1910; 13891, O. I. G.) 

1480. It is essential that the commissary should check the entries 
on abstracts of sales and issues, and this duty should not be delegated 



222 SURVEYING OFFICER. 

to the rommipsary Ff>rp;oant no matter how offirient ho may bo. 
(Commi.ssary Gonoral, Aug. ], 1911; 15298, O. I. G.) 

14S1. The requirement that "At the close of busines.'^ each day 
the quantities and articles sold wnll be abstracted on Form No. 21, " 
is hereby modified so as to permit officers to make such abstracts of 
sales at the earliest convenient dates during the month in M'hich the 
sales are made. (Cir. 6, O. C. G., May 16, 1911.) 

1482. Action to be taken when there is danger of the Government 
sustaining heavy loss by stores deteriorating, and there is no prospect 
of such stores being consumed in the near future. (M. S. D., 129.) 

1483. (commanding generals of territorial divisions are authorized 
to increase or decrease, without reference to the War Department, 
1)ut with due regard to the interests of the service and existing law, 
the various allowances specified in A. R., 1237, 1910. (G. 0. 89, 
W. D., 1911.) 

Note.— The articles referred to are: Soap, candles, lanton 
candles, matches, toilet paper, rock salt and vinegar for public 
animals, flour for paste used in target practice, buck towels, ice, and 
housewiA'es. 

SURVEYING OFFICER. 

1484. The post surgeon, unless he be the post commander, can 
not appoint a surveying officer. (Acting Pecretani^ of War. Mar. ,3, 
1908; 12205, O. I. G.) 

1485. On the approved recommendation of a survej-ing officer 
the follo^\•ing classes of property may be destroyed: (1) Clothing 
infected with contagious disease; (2) stores that have become so 
deteriorated as to endanger health or injure other stores, and (3) 
unserviceable property of no salable value submitted to a surveying 
officer under the pro\asions of A. R., 689. The decision of the com- 
manding officer will be final as to whether such property has .'salable 
value. 

This paragraph will, in its application to ordnance stores under (3), 
be limited to utterly worthless articles constituting the soldier's per- 
sonal equipments (not arms), horse equipments, and target materials 
and supplies, the cost price of which does not exceed $100 for 
mounted organizations and $50 for all other cases. In each case the 
report ^vill give the dates of receipt of the stores surveyed. 

Before ordering the destruction of property or stores under the 
provisions of this paragraph the commanding officer will personally 
inspect the same and will be held responsible that the conditions 
justify the action. In case the invoice value of the stores in^•olved 



SURVEYING OFFICER. 223 

exceeds $500, the approval of the next higher adminiptrative com- 
mander will he obtained before destruction of the property, as pro- 
vided in A. R., 730. A certificate of the ^vitnes8ing officer that 
the property has been destroyed as authorized will be appended 
to the report. (A. R., 728.) 

1486. WTiere two reports! of survey of ordnance stores pertaining 
to one organization, covered destruction on the same date of property 
whose cost price was $99.90 and $98.65, the Secretary of War, March 
11, 1908, concurred in the following remarks of the Chief of Ordnance: 

"The action of these officers in disposing of the property seems to 
have been based on a technical compliance with A. R., 720, ag 
amended (A. R., 728, 1910), but their actions violated the spirit 
of this regulation and nullified its purpose. If such action Avere 
permitted to pass unnoticed an officer might claim that he could, 
on the same date or about the same date, properly dispose of 
utterly worthless ordnance property ha^vang an aggregate cost price 
of any amount, provided each report of survey covered property the 
cost price of which was $100 or under. 

"This office reports that cases of this kind h&ve so far been exceed- 
ingly rare. It is considered therefore that proper compliance with 
the spirit and purpose of the regulation can be best enforced by 
informing the officers concerned that the Secretary of War dis- 
approves of their actions, and, should future cases arise, more 
stringent measures will be adopted." (12332, O. I. G.) 

1487. The Secretary of War, January 4, 1911, concurred in the 
following views of the Inspector General of the Army, as to whether 
a commanding officer is authorized by the last sentence of the first 
section of A. R., 720, 1908 (A. R., 728, 1910), to pronounce prop- 
ertj' as having no salable "value, in opposition to the opinion of 
the surveying officer, and then order its destruction : 

"Under the pro\apions of paragraph 720, Army Regulations, 1908 
(A. R., 728, 1910), it is within the province of the commanding officer 
to decide whether or not property of the first class, submitted to a 
surveying officer imder paragraph 682, Army Regulations, 1908 
(A. R., 689, 1910), has a salable value. If, in his opinion, it has no 
salable value he has authority to order the destruction of such 
property, thus assuming all responsibility connected therewith." 
(11773-A, O. I. G.) 

1488. Instructions relative to the preparation and execution of 
reports of survey and to the action of surveying officers : On ordnance 
property (W.D.Cirs. 92, 1908; 16, 1910). Engineer property. (Cir. 
14, W. D., 1909; G. O. 10, W. D., 1910). See par. 1489 post. 



224 SURVEYING OFFICER. 

1-1:89. The Secretary of War, November 4, 1911, approved the 
following recommeudation of the Inspector General of the Army, 
wiih reference to the survey of river and harbor and fortification 
property for which the .several district officers of the Corps of En- 
gineers are accountable: 

"That the Chief of Engineers be authorized to direct the several 
district engineer officers to submit from time to time to the Chief of 
Engineers as 'the next higher administrative commander' lists of 
such property as they may desire to have surveyed, accompanied by 
the evidence required by paragraph 722, A. R., and to appoint some 
disinterested engineer officer to act as surveying officer; subsequent 
action on the survey report to be governed by paragraphs 728, 729, 
and 730, A. R. "' (\5202-E, O. I. G.) 

1490. Action of a surveying officer is required on ordnance stores 
rendered unserviceable by fair wear and tear when an emergency 
requisition is submitted for stores to replace them. (Cir. 16, W. D., 
1910.) 

1491. Report of survey to be prepared in triplicate. Separate 
reports will be made for each staff department concerned. (A. 
R., 727.) 

1492. Approval ci reports of survey. (A. R., 729-731.) 

1493. The third copy of a report of survey on public property 
pertaining to a recruit depot or to a general recruiting station will be 
filed at the depot or station. (Cir. 30, W. D., 1908.) 

1494. Reports on unserviceable band instruments. (A. R., 1195.) 

1495. Reports on china and glassware of outgoing organizations. 
(A. R., 1039.) 

1496. Reports for information of Secretary of War on unser\ice- 
able silken colors, standards, and guidons in possession of commands. 
(A. R., 239.) 

1497. On horse equipments issued to mounted officers below the 
grade of major. (A. R., 1542.) 

1498. Post commanders have authority, and should exercise it, 
to order officers responsible for quartermaster's property that has 
be(;ome unserviceable through fair wear and tear to turn it in to the 
l)ost quartermaster either to have it replaced or to receive credit for 
it, thus doing away with a large number of surveys in organizations. 
(Secretary of War, Mar. 1, 1911; 6650-L, O. I. G.) 

1499. Opinion of the Judge Advocate General, October 6, 1903, in 
case where a board of survey recommended that the price of butter 
on hand by the Subsistence Department for sale at a post be reduced: 



TABLEWARE. 225 

"In view of the positive requirements of the statute that the sale 
of subsistence stores to officers and enlisted men shall be 'at cost 
price only,' it is believed that the proposed reduction would not be 
legal. The statute not only provides that the sale shall be at cost 
price, but defines the meaning of the term, 'to be the invoice price 
of the last lot of that article received by the officer making the sale 
prior to the first day of the month in which the sale is made.'" 
(5723-B, O. I. G.; 15285, J. A. G. O.) 

1500. On loss of subsistence funds. (M. S. D., 98.) 

1501. On damage to private property resulting from military 
operations, when the appointment of a board of officers is not practi- 
cable. (Cir. 22, W. D., 1910.) 

1502. Not to be appointed to act upon and fix responsibility for 
loss or damage to private property of officers, or other persons con- 
nected with the military service, that has been shipped on Govern- 
ment bill of lading. (Cir. 14, W. D., 1910.) 

1503. WTienever loss or destruction of, or damage to, public 
property, requiring the action of a surveying officer, occurs, such 
action will be requested by the responsible officer as soon as practi- 
cable and in every case within 30 days after discovery of the 
loss, destruction, or damage, unless exceptional circumstances, 
which will be explained by the officer's certificates, prevent such 
action within that period. (A. R., 724.) 

TABLEWARE. 

1504. Estimates are sometimes made for articles of china and 
glassware, to cover wear and tear, as determined by inventory and 
inspection report. The term breakage in A. R., 1200, covers all 
shortage bj^ deterioration of such ware through breakage, chipping, 
cracking, etc.; shortage through extraordinary circumstances, or 
through loss or carelessness, is otherwise provided for. Attention 
is invited to paragraph II, General Orders, No. 7, series 1895, and 
to Circular No. 10, series 1895, both from this office, the latter 
regarding inspection of ware after each meal and each dishwashing. 

The allowance under A. R., 1200, is abundant, and ware must 
be so guarded that the outfit shall therewith be kept complete. 
China and glassware will be disposed of only as provided for by 
that paragraph, which does not contemplate the action of an 
inspector. 

Estimates for ware will be rendered quarterly for articles needed 
within value and quantity allowed by regulations. If estimates are 

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226 TABLEWARE. 

not 8ubinitted at the end of each quarter, it will be inferred that the 
supply on hand is complete to that date. The account for each organ- 
ization is closed at the end of the fiscal year. 

If the ware of a departing organization is left in such a condition 
that the supply on hand, together with allowance remaining due, 
and articles replaced as provided for by A. R., 1200, will not 
complete the outfit for its successor, the shortage will be charged 
against the officer in charge of the mess of the departing company. 

The quartermaster who receives the ware from departing organi- 
zations will keep the supply of each company separately, to be thus 
turned over to its successor. (G. O. 51, A. G. O., 1896.) 

Note.— A. R., 1200, of 1895, continued as A. R., 1194, 1910. 

1505. China and glassware belonging to mess outfits * * * 
will not be removed from soldiers' barracks without the order of the 
post commander, nor wdll they be removed from a post or station 
except by order of the War Department. * * * Previously to 
the execution of an order for change of station of an organization the 
commanding officer of the post or station will appoint a surveying 
officer, if possible an officer belonging to an organization other than 
that changing station, who will survey all china and glassware of 
the outgoing organization. He will render a report as to the service- 
ability or imserviceability of the articles surveyed, and that report, 
when approved by the commanding officer, will be final. All china 
and glassware fotmd to beserviceable will be turned in to the quarter- 
master for reissue. All china and glassware found to be unservice- 
able after the authorized allowance of 5 per centum a quarter on 
account of breakage shall have been deducted will be destroyed and 
the money value thereof charged against the officer who is responsi- 
ble for the property. (A. R., 1039.) 

150(>. In determining whether china is serviceable or not, the 
survey officer will be guided by the rule that cracked or chipped 
china is serviceable and will be issued to companies provided it will 
retain the same amount of food or liquid as if it were not cracked or 
chipped. Cracked china that leaks is manifestly tmsers-iceable; but 
this can not be ascertained except by personal examination and test 
and each piece will be so tested. (Chief of Staff, Mar. 17, 1905; 
13025, O. I. G.) Slight chipping or cracking does not render ware 
tinserviceable. As a mjatter of fact, if the departing organization 
used the ware up to the time of departure it was serviceable, and if 
used by that organization it could be used by its successor. (Q. M. 
G., concurred in by Secretary of War, Aug. 5, 1909: 13518, O. I. G.) 



TENTAGE. 227 

TELEGRAMS. 

1507. Rates for telegrams and cablegrams. (G. O. 114, W. D., 
1911.) 

TELEGRAPHIC CODE. 

1608. Telegraphic cipher code, care of, etc. (G. O. 84, W. D., 
1904; G. O. 93, W. D., 1907.) 

TELEPHONES. 

1509. For posts, number, and location; central to be usually at 
adjutant's office. (Par. 1, G. O. 97, \V. D.. 1906, amended by G. O. 
170, W. D., 1908.) 

1510. Telephone .systems of coast artillery posts. (W. D. G. O., 
97, 1906; 116, 1908; 88, 1909.) 

1511. Telephone equipment for target ranges for small-arms 
practice. (S. C. M. No. 7, par. 566-571.) 

1512. Telephonic communication between posts and nearby 
towns. (Par. 2, G. O. 97, W. D., 1906, amended by G. O. 116, W. 
D., 1908.) 

1513. Telephones and other Signal Corps fire-control equipment 
of coast artillery posts are to be inspected and tested annually. (G. 
O. 146, W. D., 1911.) Post telephone systems at interior posts are to 
be inspected semiannually. (G. O., 97, W. D., 1906, par. 11; S.C.M. 
No. 3, p. 140.) 

1514. Instructions for the operation, maintenance and care of 
post telephone systems and the buzzer and communication systems 
of target ranges installed by the Signal Corps. (G. 0. 90, W. D., 
1910; Art. Bull. No. 78 (serial No. 89), Sept. 25, 1911.) To be main- 
tained and operated by members of the garrison as a rule. (Par. 11, 
G. 0. 97, W. D., 1906.) 

1515. All officers and enlisted men of the field artillery who may 
be called upon to use telephones will be instructed in their wiring 
and in the determining of faults so as to be able to keep the instru- 
ments in order and make the ordinary field repairs. (G. O. 4, W. D., 
1911, par. 10.) 

TENTAGE. 

1516. Field allowance of tentage for officers, both in campaign 
and permanent camp, and the normal campaign allowance of tentage 
for enlisted men will be that prescribed in Field Service Regulations. 
(G. O. 66, W. D., 1911.) 



228 TRANSPORTATION. 

Allowance of tentago for permanent or maneuver camps, referred 
to in F. S. R., 181, and not prescribed in ¥. S. R., 231. (G. O. 
66, W. D., 1911, par. 2.) 

1517. \Mien troops are on practice or other marches involving 
absence from garrison over night the allowance of tentage will be 
fixed by the commanding officer. (G. O. 66, W. D., 1911.) 

1518. Allowance of tentage for sanitary units. (M. M. D., 856 
and "Note" thereunder; G. O. 66, W. D., 1911, Par. I., sec. 3.) 

1519. Allowance of tentage for civilian employees, when in the 
field with troops. (G. O. 155, W. D., 1911.) 

1520. The full allowance of tentage should be kept on hand at 
posts at all times. (Q. M. G., Feb. 14, 1910; 13852, O. I. G.) 

1521. The prescribed allowance of tentage and equipage will 
habitually be kept in the hands of the organizations to which it is 
issued. After use and before being put away, tentage and equipage 
will be thoroughly aired, dried, and put in servdceable condition, 
80 as to be ready for immediate use when again required. (A. R. 
1199.) 

1522. The use of serviceable tents or other canvas for any purpose 
other than that for which such articles are furnished is prohibited, 
except in cases of emergency when necessary to protect public 
property. (A. R., 1199.) 

1523. The use of the hand ax and the pick mattock in organiza- 
tions equipped with the intrenching tool is authorized for the pur- 
pose of driving tent pins. The use of the bayonet for that purpose is 
prohibited. (Cir. 106, W. D., 1908.) 

TRANSPORTATIOX. 

1524. The field allowance of transportation will be that pres- 
cribed in Field Service Regulations. (G. O. 66, W. D., 1911, Par. I, 
sec. 1.) 

1525. The allowance of transportation for sanitary units will be 
that prescribed in the Manual for the Medical Department. (G. 0. 
66, W. D., 1911, Par. I, sec. 3.) 

1526. Allowance of transportation for field companies of the Signal 
Corps. (G. O. 24, W. I)., 1911.) 

1527. The ammunition wagons prescribed in Field Service Reg- 
ulations for cavalry and infantry regiments will not be taken with 
troops on practice marches or to permanent or maneuver camps, 
unless so directed in orders from the War Department. (G. O. 66, 
W. D., 1911, Par. I, sec. 4.) 



TRANSPORTATION. 229 

1528. Organization of a wagon company and a pack train. (F. S. 
R., 34; Manual of Pack Transportation, 87.) 

1529. Instructions relative to pack trains. (F. S. R., 237; Man- 
ual of Pack Transportation.) 

1530. (^are of means of, in the field ; personal attention of quarter- 
master necessary; he can not delegate his responsibility to anyone 
else, and he alone will be held responsible for their condition. 
(Q.M. M., 716-720.) 

1531. Field Service Regulations do not provide for any field 
service transportation for coast artillery companies. This (Q. M. G.) 
office has, however, fixed an allowance of one escort wagon for each 
company of coast artillery. (Q. M. G., Apr. 17, 1907; 11333, O. I. G.) 

1532. Allowance of spring wagons for posts. (A. R., 1118.) 

1533. Spring wagons will be used only by direction of command- 
ing officers and for the purpose for which they are supplied, viz., for 
the transportation of officers and enlisted men traveling on duty 
when other means are not available. (A. R., 1119.) 

1534. Commanding officers will cause mounted organizations to 
be provided daily with the proper facilities for policing stables and 
hauling forage. (A. R., 1121.) 

1535. Ainhulances. — Allowance for field service (F. S. R., 33, 
302; M. M. D., 578); for posts (A. R., 1451); for each regimental, bat- 
talion, and squadron headquarters (A. R.. 1451); furnished and re- 
paired by Quartermaster's Department; housed when practicable 
near hospital ; subject to call of surgeon (A. R., 1450); driver desig- 
nated (A. R., 1452); care and inspection (A. R., 1452, 1458). See 
paragraph 90, ante. 

1536. Ambulances will be used only for transportation of the 
sick and wounded, the recreation of convalescent patients, or to 
give instruction in the duties of the ambulance service. (A. R., 
1450). Use in the field. (A. R., 1458.) 

1537. Each company will be furnished with one hand litter, 
which will be kept ready for use at all times. It will be supplied 
by the Medical Department. (A. R., 1453.) 

1538. Arm}' and escort wagons will be painted an olive-drab 
color. (G. O. 191, W. D., 1906.) Formula for mixing olive-drab 
paint. (Cir. 66, W. D., 1906.) 

1539. Control and supervision of, and responsibility for, means 
of water transportation asi-igned for the exclusive use of the artillery 
districts. (G. O. 62, W. D., 1908, par. IV, sees. 5 and 25; D. R. C. 
A., 586.) Inspections, care, etc. (G. O. 235, W. D., 1909.) 



230 "UNIFORM. 

1540. Precautions againBt accidents to boats a.'^eifjned to artillery 
districts. (G. O. 235, W. D., 1909.) Action to be taken in caf-e of 
loss or destruction of or serious damage to mine planters, cable ships, 
or other vessels by fire, storm, or other natural cause. (A . R., 720.) 

1541. Kitchen tourist cars. (G. O. 218, W. D., 1909.) 

1542. Instructions relative to transportation requests for aleeping- 
car accommodations. (G. O. 23 W. D., 1911.) 



1543. Regulations for the uniform of the United States Army are 
prescribed in Uniform Regulations of December 26. 1911. 

1544. Uniform to be worn on different occasions, by whom pre- 
scribed. (U. R., 35, 53 (a); T. R., 229.) 

1545. \Mien troops appear in any of the Tiniforms prescribed in 
Uniform Regulations all officers on duty therewith or attached 
thereto in any capacity shall wear the corresponding uniform pre- 
scribed for officers. This does not apply to inspectors, who -will wear 
such uniform as is best adapted to the performanre of their duty. 
(U. R., 29.) 

1.S46. There are two ser\ace imiforms, the woolen olive-drab and 
the cotton olive-drab. The woolen olive-drab uniform will be pre- 
scribed for habitual wear when the climate or weather does not re- 
quire the cotton olive-drab. (U. R., p. 50.) 

1547. Combinations of various articles of uniform other than the 
combinations prescribed in Uniform Regulations are prohibited. 
(U. R., 49.) 

1548. All officers will provide themselves ^vith the uniforms per- 
taining to their rank and duty and maintain them thoroughly neat 
and serviceable. (U. R., 36 (a).) For inspection and verification 
of uniforms by commanding officers, see paragraph 1070, ante. 

1549. The Secretary of War has approved certain modification.-^ 
in design of spurs, also of caps and sei'\'ico uniforms for officers and 
enlisted men and of dress and full dress imiforms for officers of the 
Quartermaster's Department. These changes will not be described 
in orders. The modified design of spurs will be set forth in detail in 
specifications to be furnished by the Ordnance Department, and the 
changes in the uniform will be set forth in detail in specifications 
to be furnished by the Quartermaster General to all quartermasters 
and to military tailors ii])0u ap])lication. The changes for officers 
will go into effect on July 1 . 1912, prior to which date articles of the 
present i)attern may be worn. (G. O. 89, W. D., 1911.) 



•UNIFORM. 231 

1550. Officers will, by their appearance, set an example of neat- 
ness and strict conformity to regulations in uniform and equipment- 
(U. R., 18.) 

1551. Officers not serving with troops will wear the prescribed 
uniforms during the hours of duty, unless authorized by the Secretary 
of War to wear civilian clothing. (U. R., 28.) 

1552. Officers on duty in the War Department are authorized 
to wear civilian dress. (War Dept. Cir. Aug. 3, 1904.) 

1553. Wearing of civilian clothes bv officers and enlisted men. 
(U. R., 10.) 

1554. Officers who desire to purchase olive-drab cotton or woolen 
uniform cloth, conforming to the Army standard, may prociu"e it 
from the depot quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pa. (C;ir. 59, W. D., 
1910.) 

1565. A standard sample for color of olive-drab woolen cloth will 
be furnished by the Quartermaster's Department to the quarter- 
master of every garrisoned post for the future guidance of officers 
of the Army when providing themselves with olive-drab uniforms. 
To prevent unnecessary hardship, officers will be permitted to wear 
out such olive-drab uniforms as they now possess. (Cir. 48, W. D., 
1907.) 

Standaid sample of braid to be similarly furnished. (Indorse- 
ment of Q. M. General, May 16, 1908; 12422, O. I. G.) 

1556. A set of standard patterns of officers' uniforms will be kept 
in the office of the chief quartermaster of every territorial division 
for examination by officers. (U. R., 45.) 

1557. Alterations will not be made in any article of the uniform 
that will result in a material change from the cut prescribed for it 
in regulations ; nor will hooks be placed on the front of the coat below 
the buttons, (,'ompany commanders will exercise pei'sonal super- 
vision over the fitting of the uniforms of the men of theii' companies, 
and permit only such changes as will insure a proper fit without dis- 
turbing the general appearance of the uniform. (U. R., 4.) 

1558. Enlisted men will not be permitted to wear articles of 
the uniform other than those furnished to the organization to which 
they belong. (U. R., 48.) 

1559. Enlisted men will not be permitted to wear any articles 
of uniform which are not furnished by the Quartermaster's Depart- 
ment. (r.R.,48.) 

1560. Noncommissioned officers in charge of working parties will 
not wear the fatigue uniform unless their duties be such as to make it 
necessary. (U. R., p. 53.) 



232 UNIFORM. 

1561. Suspenders, when worn, must not be visible. (U. R., 109.) 

1562. White uniform for wear by Hospita' Corps men on duty 
in the wards, dispensaries, po.s(-mortem rooms, operatiiig rooms, 
and mess rooms of hospitals; also by Hospital Corps men on duty 
assisting dental surgeons. (U. R., p. 52.) 

1568. For inspection of the dress of enlisted men before leaving 
on, and after returning from, pass and for responsibilities of oflBcers 
for the appearance of enlisted men in garrison and on pass, etc., see 
U. R., 39. 

1564. Articles of clothing specially provided for troops stationed 
in Alaska; how issued, etc. (G. O. 67, W. D., 1911, p. 5.) 

1565. WTien changes or modifications are made in articles of 
clothing or equipage, issues to the Regular Army and Organized 
Militia of the kinds and patterns then on hand will be continued 
until the supply thereof is exhausted; and whenever any particular 
kind or size of articles of clothing or equipage that has been modified 
is exhausted requi.sitions for that kind or size will be filled from the 
new pattern that may be adopted. (U. R., 8.) 

1566. A sample of each size of garment used at the post will be 
I'urnished to post quartermasters for the use of organization com- 
manders in "trying on" the garments until a satisfactory fit is 
secured and the soldier's record of sizes of clothing is correct. (U. R . , 

;^7.) 

1567. It is desired that company commanders shall carefully 
.scrutinize issiies and endeavor to prevent enlisted men from drawing 
any quantities of clothing in excess of their actual needs. WTiile 
existing orders are not intended to limit the soldier to an exact 
number of articles, yet, it is thought, that the allowance as pre" 
scribed is suflfi<-ient for all intents and purposes except in extraordi- 
nary cases. (Q. M. G., Jan. 20, 1909; 12803, O. I. G.^ 

1568. In settling the clothing accounts of enlisted men on the 
first settlement date following enlistment, credit for the annual 
allowance should bo computed at the rate of 30 days to each mouth, 
and the same rule obtains in the settlement for the period from last 
regular settlement dat-e to the date of discharge. For example: 
\ soldier enlisting on the 3d day of March would, on the settlement 
date, June 30, he entitled to three times the monthly share of the 
annual allowance and 28 times the daily share of the annual allow- 
ance. Similarly, a soldier discharged on March 3 would be 
entitled to two times the monthly share of the annual allowance 
and three times tho daily share of said allowance. The tallies 
sijccifying the money allowance for clothing containe<l in the orders 



VETERINARIANS. 283 

issued since the present clothing system was adopted show that the 
daily share of both the initial and annual allowance is computed on 
the basis of 30 days to each month, and it is contemplated that credit 
be extended accordingly. (Paymaster General, May 9, 1910; 14167, 
O. I.G.) 

1569. Clothing issued to a soldier whose enlistment was fraudulent 
and who was discharged without honor and without final statements 
is the jjroperty of the United States and should be retained and used. 
(Cir. 36, W. D., 1910.) 

1570. For Army Nurse Corps (female). (M. M. D., 83-87.) 

1571. For officers and crews of United States Army transports. 
(Regulations prescribing Flags, Uniforms, etc., of The U. S. Army 
Transport Service. 1899.) 

VETERINARIANS. 

1572. Of cavalry and field artillery-: Duties. (A. R., 90, 91.) 
Status as to pay, allowances, and retirement. (G. O. 45, W. D., 
1911, p. 10; A. R., 89.) Come within the operation of the act 
approved May 11, 1908, as to death benefit to widow or other person 
previously designated. (Cir. 81, W. D., 1908.) Status with reference 
to mounts, horse equipments, and forage. (Cir. 5, W. D., 1909.) 
To carry revolvers and ammunition when on field duty. (G. O. 39, 
W. D., 1910.) Course in revolver range practice. (G. O. 39, W. D., 
1910.) 

1573. A veterinarian of cavalry or artillery is allowed by law 
the pay and allowances of a second lieutenant. He is given rank 
by G. O. 39, A. G. O., 1902, next after a second lieutenant, and the 
character of his duties is such as to require him to give orders to 
enlisted men. He is therefore entitled to receive the customary 
salute from enlisted men. (Cir. 18, A. G. O., 1902.) 

1574. Veterinarians are not competent to sit as members of 
courts-martial or perform any of the duties which are expressly 
required by law to be performed by commissioned officers. As 
their status is assimilated to that of commissioned officers, how- 
ever, they are eligible for detail as members of boards of survey or 
councils of administration, and may, when no commissioned officer 
is available, serve as exchange officers or post treasurers and may 
witness payments to enlisted men. (Cir. 30, A. G. O., 1901.) 

1575. Inspection by, of beef cattle before they are slaughtered 
and of fresh beef when delivered at post. (G. O. 28, W. D., 1906.) 

1576. Veterinary supplies. — Supply tal)le, including instruments 
and dispensary equipments for veterinary hospitals, veterinarian's 



234 WATER SUPPLY. SEWERAGE, ETC. 

field equipment, field equipment lor farriera and emergency equip- 
ment for horseslioers, and standard veterinarj' textbooks. (G. 0. 
115, W. D., 1911.) 

1677. Veterinary hospital, where authorized. (A. R. 92.) 

WATER SUPPLY. SEWERAOE, JiEATING AND LIGHTING PLANTS. 

1578. No changes in or extensions oi systems of water supply, 
sewerage, plumbing, heating, gas or electric lighting will be made 
at military posts or in any l)uildings thereat, nor will existing sewer, 
water, gas or electric lighting mains be tapped for sujjplying addi- 
tional service without proper authority from the War Department. 
(G. O. 163. W. D.. 1908.) 

1579. Analysis of water of a permanent post or camp in the 
United States. (Cir. 58, W. D., 1909.) 

1580. Sanitation of camps. — Sanitary rules to be observed in the 
selection of camp sites and the establishment of camps. (F. S. R., 
185-190.) Odorless excavating tank Avagon, urinals, and latrines. 
(G. O. 170, A. G. O.. 1899.) 

1581. Rules and directions for care of steam-heating plants. 
(Cir. 1, A. G. O., 1902.) 



APPENDIX. 



FORM FOR REPORT OF AN INSPECTION OF A GARRISONED 
POST AND FORM FOR STATEMENT OF IRREGULARITIES 
AND DEFICIENCIES. 

DIRECTIONS. 

1. "The written reports of inspectors general and acting inspectors 
general will set forth a correct return of the troops, the number 
present at and absent from the station and the absentees from inspec- 
tion, and whether irregularities, etc., reported at last inspection, 
have been remedied; after which will follow a statement of the 
results of the inspection, dealing only with defects, deficiencies, 
irregularities, recommendations, and commendations whereof the 
various items will be paragraphed and stated separately. These 
items will be grouped imder the department within whose sphere 
the responsibility for the conditions stated falls, viz.: Commanding 
officer, Quartermaster's Department, Corps of Engineers, etc. Brief 
statement will be made of the various drills and exercises held for 
the inspector and the report concluded with an exposition of the 
conclusions arrived at as to the military efficiency, discipline, and 
iustniction of the command." (A. R., 912.) 

2. Reports of inspections of troops will contain a statement of 
the names of the various drills from the setting up exercises to the 
evolutions of the highest organization examined by the inspector. 
A similar statement will recite the tests of the classes in signaling 
and the Hospital Corps in litter-bearer drill and fijst aid to the 
wounded . 

3. If the number and percentage of desertions are abnormal, 
special inquiry as to the cause therefor will be made and the result 
briefly reported. (A. R., 913, sec. 7.) 

4. It is not necessary' to recite affirmatively, or in detail, that the 
subjects enumerated in A. R., 913, were embraced in the inspec- 
tion. The results of the inspection are assumed to have been sat- 
isfactory' unless otherwise stated; and the report of those results 

235 



236 APPENDIX. 

should deal only with defects, deficiencies, irrcij^ularities, recom- 
mendations, and commendations. 

5. Trivial matters verbally called to attention of officers con- 
cerned and corrected on the spot should not be included either in 
the report or list of irregvdarities, but all defects, deficiencies, and 
irregidarities of sufficient importance to be recorded in the report 
should also be included in the list furnished the commanding officer 
under A. R., 915. 

6. It is desired that inspectors mention in their reports, by name, 
officers who are deserving of commendation for the superior condition 
of their commands. (10334-A, O. I. G.) 

7. \Mien public buildings are criticised, etc., in an inspection 
report, the designation and number (see A. R., 1035) should be 
given, as Ban'acks Nos. 5, 6; Officers' Quarters Nos. 7. 8; Granary 
No. 9, etc. (52-A, 2, and 13505, O. I. G.) 

8. Inspectors should personally investigate complaints, especially 
those which may require action of the War Department, such as 
general unfitness of recruits received, inferior quality of supplies, 
etc. ; and irregularities and deficiencies, such as failure of the supply 
departments to meet conditions, pitting of guns, etc.; and when 
such matters are of sufficient importance to record them in the 
inspection report, they will state their own views and conclusions. 

9. Recommendations of inspectors on matters where initiative 
remedial action is within the province of the commanding officer 
(as, for example, 'It is recommended tliat a crematory be con- 
structed at this post for the burning of garbage") should be included 
in the list of defects, etc., furnished the commanding officer, as well 
as in the report. Experience has shown that when this is not <lone 
inspectors' recommendations often reach this (Inspector General's) 
office without remark from any commander or staff officer, which fact 
leaves the subject matter incomplete for consideration by the War 
Department. 

10. When an irregularity or deficiency, based on a regulation or 
order, is reported, the specific regulation or order should he cited 
in the inspection report and in the list of irregularities and defi- 
ciencies furnished the commanding officer. (Cir. letter. O. I. G., 
July 18, 1908; 12519, O. I. G.) 

11. The sheets of Forms 5 and 5a, Inspector General's Depart- 
ment (memoranda for inspection of posts), except the folded ones 
of Form 5, are not to be distributed liy the inspector, but will be 
kept in his jiersonal possession for his notes; nor are categorical 
answers to the memoranda thereon to he sought or accepted by him, 



APPENDIX. 237 

unless it is iniijossible to otherwise secure the information desired. 
The sheets are not to form part of his report, Init will be filed in his 
office. 

12. When an inspector furnishes the commanding officer with a 
list of irregularities or deficiencies under A. R., 915, his report of 
inspection will conclude with a statement to the effect that such list 
has been furnished. 

Form for Report ok ax Inspection of a Garrisoned Post. 

Fort , 



Adjutant General, 



Sir: I have the honor to submit report of an inspection of , 

made . 

The last inspection by an officer of the Inspector General's Depart- 
ment was made , by ■ . 

The post is commanded by , and is garrisoned by 

Headquarters, Band, and Troops A, B, C, and D, First Cavalry; 
the First and Second Companies, Coast Artillery Corps; Companies 
A and B, First Infantry, and detachments of the Staff Corps and 
Departments, aggregating 32 officers and 595 enlisted men, of whom 
27 officers and 585 enlisted men were present at post and 24 officers 
and 507 enlisted men present in ranks at inspection. 

Absentees from inspe<'tion are accoinited for as follows: 

OFFICERS. 

Present at post. — Guard, I; officer of the day. 1; sick. 1. Total. 3. 
Percentage absent from inspection of total officers present at post, 
11.11. 

Absent from post. — (By name, rank, and regiment or corps or 
department.) 

(1) Maj. , D. 8. since , at as member 

of G. C. M. 

(2) Capt. , D. S. since , at as member 

of General Staff Corps. 

(3) First Lieut. . D. S. since . at as 

(^'aptain P. S. 

(4) Capt. , leave of absence for two months, since 



238 APPENDIX. 

(5) Second Lieut. . leave of absence for one month. 

since . 

Total officers absent from post, 5. Percentage absent from post 
of total officers present and absent, 15.62. 

ENLISTED MEN. 

Present at post. — Guard, 40; sick, 10; arrest and confinement, 12; 
extra duty. 3; special duty. 13. Total. 78. Percentage absent 
from inspection of total enlisted men present at post, 13.33. 

Absent from post. — D. S., 5; furlough, 4: without leave, 1. Total. 
10. Percentage absent from post of total enlist-ed mfii prosput aud 
absent. 1.68. 



The irregularities and deficiencies reported at last inspection ha^ e 
been remedied, except that an additional wagon shed is still needed. 
See defect No. 10, this inspection. 

The results of the inspection are as follows: 

COMMANDING OFFICER. 

(Under this heading are grouped all items which do not specifically 
concern a bureau of the War Department.) 

1. Troops A and B. First Cavalrj': Not well drilled in horseman- 
ship: such movements as passaging and turning on the forehand 
were very poor. 

2. First Company, Coast Artillery Corps: Unauthorized expendi- 
ture from company fund as follows: January 8, 1907. cars-ing set, 
$2.75. (A. R., 322; G. O. 67, W. D., 1911.) 

3. Company A, First Infantrj^: Correspondence book not indexed. 
(G. O. 109, W. D., 1906.) 

4. Post exchange: No printed or Avrilten })ri<e list posted in huich 
room. (Par. 12. G. O. 176, W. D.. 1909.) 

5. No post garden (A. R., 352). An investigation has convinced 
the inspector that the cultivation of a garden is practicable. 

Capt. is reported by the post commander and sur- 
geon to be incapacitated for service, both mentally and physically. 
A special report in his case has been submitted to the division com- 
mander under A. R., 914. 

During the past 12 months the desertions from the commaad, 
except the two companies, Coast Artillery Cori)s, were not abnormal 
in number. 



APPENDIX. ?39 

The First Company, Coast Artillery Corps, had 20 desertions dur- 
ing that period, or 14.5 per cent of the aggregate number of enlisted 
men on the rolls; and the Second Company, C'oast Artillery Corps, 
17 desertions, or 12.8 per cent. Special inquiry into the causes 
therefor was made. 

(Here will follow a brief statement of the result of the special 
inquiry as required by A. R., 913, sec. 7, with inspector's conclu- 
sions. If any irregularities are developed they should be included 
in the list furnished the commanding officer under A. R., 915, as, 
for example, No. 6.) 

6. The aVjnormal desertions seem to be largely attributable to 
unnecessarj' restraints and harsh discii:)line. 

ADJUTANT general's DEPARTMENT. 

7. The First and Second Companies, Coast Artillery Corps, need 
23 and 20 recruits, respectively. These companies have considerable 
hard work to perform in caring for the armament, etc., and should be 
kept up to the authorized strength as closely as possible. 

quartermaster's department. 

8. Record book of barracks and quarters not kept posted up — no 
entries during past 12 months. (A. R:*, 10.35.) 

9. New floors are needed in barracks (building No. 6) of Troops 
A and B, First Cavalry. 

10. An additional wagon shed is badly needed. Much of the 
wheeled transportation has to be kept in the open, with consequent 
deterioration . It is recommended that an additional shed be author- 
ized. This defect was reported at last inspection. 

11. The general condition of the public buildings of the post as 
to repair is poor. They are mostly in need of painting and general 
repairs. 

12. Much complaint was made by the companies in regard to the 
new marching shoe, which, after little wear, appears to rip, the sole 
separating from the upper at the toe. I examined several pairs which 
had been worn about 20 days, including a 2 days' practice march, 
and, as the leather seems to be of excellent quality, am of opinion 
that the defect is due to inferior quality of the sewing material used. 

subsistence department. 

13. A shipment of 500 pounds of baking powder received from 
- on November, 10, 1906, is reported to be of inferior 



quality. 



240 APPENDIX. 

(Here should follow such infoiination as will enable the Commis- 
sary General to take action, such as by whom, when and where pur- 
chased, name of firm, marks on package, etc.; also the inspector's 
opinion and recommendation.) 

Tiie excellent condition of this department throughout reflects 

great credit on Capt. , the commissary, who impressed 

me as a very energetic and capable officer. 

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 

14. The hospital, which was built for a four-company post, is 
entirely too small for the present and prospective garrisons. It 
should be enlarged to at least double its present capacity. 

15. Gross receipts for sales of vegetables from hospital garden dur- 
ing June and July, 1911, not taken up in the statements of the hospi- 
tal fund for these months. Pay of gardener, S6 per month, for which 
no authority of the chief surgeon could be found, was deducted, and 
only the balance taken up, the payments to the gardener not appear- 
ing in the monthly statements. (M. M. D., 307, 314.) 

16. Ambulance driver not designated by the surgeon to care for 
the ambulance, its equipment, and harness. (A. R.. 1452.) 

17. Ambulance harness in poor condition — needs cleaning and 
oiling. 

. CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 

18. Galleries of Battery — leak badly. 

19. Magazine of Battery ■ — unserviceable on account of exces- 
sive dampness. 

20. No lights on loading platforms of Batteries . 

21. All wires forming the system of communications are aerial and 
exposed to hostile fire — one shell from an enemy's ships might para- 
lyze the whole system. Provision should be made for underground 
lines. (This is an example of an item that affects two staff depart- 
ments (Engineer and Signal), and should be stated under each.) 

ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 

22. It was reported to me that a number of cocking pieces of the 
new rifle had been broken at target practice. Several of these were 
examined by me. It is the general opinion, in which I concur, of 
officers and men whom I questioned on the subject that the defect is 
not attributable to any local cause. A diagram is attached showimj 
the exact location of the break. 



AFFENBIX. 841 

23. There is no ordnance sergeant at thia post. One is badly 
needed. 

24. The following surplus ordnance stores are on hand, viz: [State 
kind, quantity, and condition.] 

SIGNAL CORPS. 

25. All wires forming the system of communications are aerial and 
exposed to hostile fire — one shell from an enemy 's ships might para- 
lyze the whole system. Provision should be made for undergroimd 
lines. 

26. There is no telephonic connection with the tide station. 
(C. A. M. 4. W. D., 1909.) 

FIELD OFFICERS. 

(Report by name, affirmatively or negatively, physical fitness for 
field service.— G. O. 181, W. D., 1907.) 

COMMENDATION. 

The affairs at the post are well administered, and harmony and 
good feeling prevail. 

IN.SPECTION EXERCISES. 

The following drills and inspection exercises were held, viz: 
(State briefly the various drills and exercises held for the inspector.) 

CONCLUSIONS. 

(As to military efiBciency, discipline, and instruction of the com- 
mand.) 



A statement, in writing, of irregularities and deficiencies has been 
furnished the commanding officer under A. R., 915. They are con- 
tained in the numbered paragraphs of this report. 
Very respectfully, 

Major, Inspector General. 

Form for Statement of Irregularities and Deficiencies. 

(See par. 124, ante.) 



Fort 



CoM.MANDixG Officer, 
Fort 

12969°— 12 16 



242 APPENDIX. 

Sir: Under the proA'isions of A. R., 915, I havethehonor to furnish 
you the following list of irregularities and deficiencies observed 
during the recent inspection of your post: 

COM MAN DINT. OFFICER. 

1. Troops A and B, F'irst Cavalry: Not well drilled in horseman- 
ship, Buch movements as passaging and turning on the ff)rohand 
were very poor. 

2. First Company, Coast Artillery Corps: Unauthorized expendi- 
ture from company fund, as follows: January 8, 1907, car^^ng set, 
$2.75. (A. R., 322; G. O., 67, W. D., 1911.) 

3. Company A, First Infantry: Correspondence book not indexed. 
(G. O., 109, W. D., 1906.) 

4. Post exchange: No printed or written price list posted in lunch 
room. (Par. 12, G. O., 176, W. D., 1909.) 

5. No post garden. (A. R., 352.) An investigation has convinced 
the inspector that the cultivation of a garden is practicable. 

6. The abnormal desertions from the First and Second Companies, 
Coast Artillery Corps, during the past 12 months, seem to be largely 
attributable to unnecessary restraints and harsh discipline. 

.\UJUTANT general's DEPARTMENT. 

7. The First and Second Companies, Coast Artillery Corps, need 
23 and 20 recruits, respectively. These companies have consider- 
able hard work to perform in caring for the armament, etc., and 
should be kept up to the authorized strength as ( losely as possible. 

quartermaster's department. 

8. Record book of barracks and quarters not kept posted up — no 
entries during past 12 months. (A. R., 1035.) 

9. New floors are needed in barracks (building No. 6) of Troops A 
and B, First Cavalry. 

10. An additional wagon shed is badly needed. Much of the 
wheeled transportation has to be kept in the open, with consequent 
deterioration. It is recommended that an additional shed be 
authorized. This defect was reporteil at last inspection. 

11. The general condition of the public buildings of the post as 
to repair is poor. They are mostly in need of painting and general 
repairs. 

12. Much complaint was made by the companies in regard to the 
new marching shoe, which, after little wear, appears to rip, the sole 
separating from the upper at the toe. 



APPENDIX. 243 

SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. 

13. A shipment of 500 pounds of baking powder received from 
on November 10, 190(5, is reported to be of inferior 



quality. 

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 

14. The hospital, which was built for a four-company post, is en- 
tirely too small for the present and prospective garrisons. It should 
be enlarged to at least double its present rapacity. 

15. Gross receipts for sales of vegetables from hospital garden dur- 
ing June and July, 1911, not taken up in the statements of the hos- 
pital fund for these months. Pay of gardener, $6 per month, for 
which no authority of the chief surgeon could be found, was deducted 
and only the balance taken up, the payments to the gardener not 
appearing in the monthly statements. (M. M. D., 307, 314.) 

16. Ambulance driver not designated by the surgeon to care for 
the ambulance, its equipment, and harness. (A. R., 1452.) 

17. Ambulance harness in poor condition — needs cleaning and 
oiling. 

CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 

18. Galleries of Battery leak badly. 

19. Magazine of Battery — • unserviceable on account of 

excessive dami^ness. 

20. No lights on loading platforms of Batteries . 

21. All wires forming the system of communications are aerial 
and exposed to hostile fire — one shell from an enemy's ships might 
paralyze the whole system. Provision should be made for under- 
ground lines. 

ORDNANCE DEP.^HTMENT. 

22. It was reported that a number of cocking jjieces of the new 
rifle had been broken at target practice. 

23. There is no ordnance sergeant at this post. One is badly 
needed. 

24. The following surplus ordnance stores are on hand, viz: 
(State kind, quantity, and condition.) 

SIGNAL CORPS. 

25. All wires forming the system of communications are aerial 
and exposed to hostile fire — one shell from an enemy's ships might 



244 APPENDIX. 

paralyze the whole system. Provision should be made for under- 
ground lines. 

26. There is no telephonic connection with the tide station. (C. 
A. M. 4, W. D., 1909.) 



Your attention is invited to the requirements of A. K., 915, and 
Circular 14, War Department, 1906. 

Very respectfully, , 

Major, Inspector General. 



LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED. 

A. G. O. — Adjutant General's office, or The Adjutant General's 
Office. 

■''A. R. — Army Regulations, 1910, when not otherwise indicated. 
*'C. A. M. — Coast Artillery Memorandum. 

C. D. R.— Cavalry Drill Re^ilations, 1909. 
Cir. — Circular. 

Comp. — Comptroller of the Treasury. 
Dec. — Decision. 
Dept. — Department. 
Div. — Division. 

D. J. A. G.— Digest of Opinions of the Judge Advocate General, 
1901. 

D. R. C. A.— Drill Regulations for Coast Artillery, 1909. 
D. R. H. C— Drill Regulations, Hospital Corps, 1908. 

D. R. L. A.— Drill Regulations for Light Artillery, 1896. 

E. R. — Engineer Regulations, 1910. 

F. S. R.— Field Service Regulations, 1910. 

G. O. — General Orders. 

I. D. R. — Infantry Drill Regulations, 1911, when not otherwise 
indicated. 

I. G. D. — Inspector General's Department. 

.1. A. G. — Judge Advocate General. 

M. A. B.— Manual for Army Bakers, 1910. 

M. G. D.— Manual of Guard Duty, 1908. 

M. L.— Military Laws of the United States, 1901, with Supple- 
ment to August 22, 1911. 

M. M. D.— :Manual for the Medical Department, 1911. 

M. P. D.— Manual for the Pay Department, 1910. 

M. S. D.— Manual for the Subsistence Department, 1910. 

M. S. 0. — The Military Secretary's office. 

N. C. R. — National Cemetery Regulations, 1911. 

N. H. D. V. S. — National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. 

O. C. E.— Office of the Chief of Engineers. 

245 



246 IIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED. 

<). C. G. — Office of the CoinmisHary General. 
O. I. G. — Office of Inspector General. 
Op. — Opinion. 

O. P. R. — Ordnance Property Regulations, 1909. 
O. R. — Re,u;nlations for the government of the Ordnance De- 
partment, 1907. 

O. S. M.— Ordnance Supply Manual, 1904. 

P.— Page. 

Par. — Paragraph. 

Prov. M. S. M. — Provisional Manual for .Submarine Mining, 190(). 

Prov. S. A. F. M.— Provisional Small Arms Firing Manual, 1909. 

Q. M. — Quartermaster. 

Q. M. G. — Quartermaster General. 

Q. M. G. O. — Quartermaster General's office. 

Q. M. M. — Quartermaster's Manual, 1904. 

Regs. — Regulations. 

R. S. — Revised Statutes of the United States. 

S. C. M. No. 2.— Signal Corps Manual, No. 2, 1909. 

S. C. M. No. 3.— Signal Corps Manual, No. 3, 1910. 

S. C. M. No. 7.— Signal Corps Manual, No. 7, 1909. 

Scy. — Secretary. 

Sec. — Section. 

Stat. L. — United States Statutes at Large. 

T. R. — Army Transport Service Regulations, 1908. 

U. R. — Regulations for the Uniform of the United States Army. 

W. D. — War Department. 



INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Abbreviations: 

A. K. to be used for Army Regulations, 1336. 

Fire-control stations, 1337. 

List of, used in this book, p. 245. 

R. S. to be used for Revised Statutes of the United States, 1336. 
Abstract of Issues: 

Subsistence stores, checking of entries, 1480. 
Abstract of Sales: 

Subsistence stores- 
Checking entries, 1480. 
Making daily, 1481. 
Accountability. (See PubUc Moneys, p. 372, and Public Property, p. 374.) 
Accounts: 

Clothing, 94. 

Disbiu-sing officers', to be kept separately under each bond; exception, 204. 

Falsification of, penalty, 231. 

Fund, examination by post commander, 1050. 

Quartermaster's supplies, 1217. 
Accounts Current: 

Balances- 
Analyses, 213-216, 220. 
Cash, verification of, before witness, 215, 216. 

Depositary accounts to be designated on, 205. 

Falsification of, penalty, 231. 

Preparation, etc., 205, 213-218, 220, 232. 

Regulations governing, 181, 205, 213-220. 

Rendition of, delay, 218. 

Subsidiary cash account, 220. 

Suspensions, explanations to be made promptly, 212 
Accouteriiients. (See Arms and Equipments, p. 250.) 
Acting Dental Surgeon. (See Dental Corps, p. 287.) 
Acting Inspector (ieneral: 

Allowances of, A. 

Detail of, 4. 

Duties, etc. (See Inspectors-General, p. 330.) 

Title of, not to be attached to signatures of officers not so detailed, 1323. 
Address: 

Officers detailed to the General Staff Corps or staff departments, 1322. 
Adjutant General's Department: 

Detail of line officers to, 493. 

Organization, 474. 
Adjutant General, The: 

Communications not to be addressed through, 1347. 

247 



248 INDEX. 

[Numbers rofor to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated] 

Advance and Hear Ouards: 

Field training, 895. 
Advertisements: 

Regulations and instructions, 661-66.3. 
Aerosfopes: 

Fortifications, supplied by Signal Corps, 723(6). 
Asate Ware: 

Inspection for condemnation, .302. 
Ag:ents: 

Companies as, for laundries, 708. 

Contracts with persons in the military service, 210. 

Noncommissioned ofTieers as, 997. 

Post exchange as agent for private laundry, 1091. 

Quartermasters on Philippine interisland transports to be relieved by, 642. 
Alaska: 

Clothing specially provided for troops in, 1564. 

Disbursing ofTicers, funds in personal possession, 227. 

Subsistence sales list, 1475. 
Alaskan Cable and Telegraph Lines: 

Inspection of money accoimts, 132. 
Alimony: 

Stoppage of pay to satisfy claim for, 230. 
Alterations: 

Band instruments, 1223. 

Checks, to be certified to, 149. 

Ordnance materiel, issued to — 
Field Artillery, 842. 
Militia- 
Coast Artillery, 841. 
Field .Vrtillery, 842. 

Uniform, 1.557. 
Ambulance Tompanies: 

.\rms and equipments, 440, 441. 

In.struction, 922. 

Organization, 474. 

Records, 1.382. 
Ambulances: 

Allowance of, 1535. 

Care, etc., 1.5;?,5. 

Driver, designation, 1535. 

IToused near hospital, 1535. 

Inspection, 90, 1059, 1535. 

Repairs, 1535. 

Surgeon's call, 1.535. 

Use, at posts and in the field, 15.36. 
American National Red Cross: 

Audit of receipts and expenditures — 

Assigned to Inspector General's Department, 346. 
Law, 346. 

Medical ofiicer, detail to first-aid department, authorized, 347. 

Orfinancc stores, sales authorized, 348. 
Ammeters: 

Fortifications, supplied by the Signal Corps, 723(6). 



INDEX. 249 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

A m munition .- 

Allowance — 
Gun, 349. 
Small arms — 
Annual, 349. 
Blank, ,350. 

Field belt, carried in, 353. 

Guard cartridges, .supply to be kept at posts, 354, 
Reserve supply to be kept on hand, 359. 
Saddlebags, carried in, 353. 
Blank, ,350, 355, 304, 815, 825. 
Cannon, inspection for condemnation, 279(c), 325. 
Drill primers, allowance, when to be used, etc., 351. 
Expenditure of, 354, 360. 
Explosives — 

Care, storage, inspection, etc., 352. 
High, information relative to, .352. 
Guarding prisoners, 403. 

Inspection by company commanders to prevent loss, etc., 362. 
Inventory and inspection reports on cannon, 279(c), 325. 
Marking of blank, metallic, 350. 
Morning and evening gim, 350. 
Original packages of blank, 364. 
Powder, 355. 
Projectiles- 
Cleaning, marking, painting, piling, etc., .356. 
Steel, use in target practice or other firings, 357. 
Sale to soldiers for hunting, 301. 
Saluting purjioses , 350. 
Storage in company storeroom, 303. 
Supply service in the field, 349. 
Veterinarians in the field, 1572. 
Ammunition Chests: 

Field artillery, inspection for condemnation, 331. 
Ammunition Hoists. (See Hoists, p. 313.) 
Ammunition Service Apparatus: 

Seai'oast guns, care, 843. 
Ammunition Wag:ons: 

Taking, on practice marches, or to permanent or maneuver camjs, 1527. 
Animals: 

Keeping of domestic, at national cemeteries, 980, 981. 
Stiipment of, on transports, 518. 
(See Public Animals, p. 372.) 
Annual Reports: 

Chiefs of bureaus, 367, .368. 
Department commander, 368. 
Division commander, 366, 368. 
Inspector general of a division, 17, .365, 368. 
Secretary of War, reports of inspections of money accounts, 131. 
Supcr\ ision of Chief of Staff, 368, 799. 
Apparatus: 

Ammunition service, seacoast guns, caie, 843. 

Bakeries, 1037. 

(See Electrical Apparatus, p. 294.) 



250 INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs waeii not otherwise indicated.] 

Appliances: 

Surgical or scientific — 

Inspection for condemnation, 310. 
Lists of, .310. 

(See Electrical Appliances, p. 295.) 
Applicants for Enlistment: 

Articles of War, rcadinR to, 544. 

(See Recruiting Stations, p. 386.) 
.4ppolntinents: 

Dental Corps, law, 673. 

Noncommissioned ofIic«rs — 
Lance corporals, 1006. 
Machine-gun platoons, 1005. 
Reenlisted, 1004. 

Olflcers using outside influence for, 1012. 

(See Boards of OfTicers, p. 263.) 
.Appropriations: 

Buildings, construed, 629. 

Credits from property transferred, 179. 

Expenditure in excess of, 221. 

Fiscal years, 171, 176, 177, 178. 

Ordnance material used in manufactures, 182. 

Pressing obligations, payment from any balance, 183. 

Regulations governing, 181. 
Aprons: 

Bakers', purchased from bakery fund, 797. 

Cooks', purchased from company fund, 754. 
.\rmampnt: 

Inspection of scacoast, upon turning over, 821. 

Painting, at fortifications, for concealment, 721. 

Subpost, Coast Artillery, care, 855. 
Arm Chests: 

Care and disposition, 1262. 

Responsibility for not having, in case of loss of small arms, 1261. 
Armories: 

Army transports, 520. 

Inspection of, by whom and how often made, 41,68. 

Oinceroftheday,806. 

(Sec .\rsonals, p. 256.) 
Arm llaclts: 

Lssue, l-'Ol. 

Troops changing station not to take, 126;i. 
Arms. (Sec Arms and Equipments, below, and Small Arms, p. 400.) 
Arms and Equipments: 

Blacksmith tools for nioimted bands, 409. 

Chief ordnancMi oOiccr of division to keep set of ordnance equipment, 420. 

Commands, preparedness for war, 899. 

Condition and state of, duties of inspectors general, 8. 

Engineer eciuipment for organizations, etc., 4.32-4;i8. 

Enlisted men- 
Ambulance companies, 440, 441. 
Barrack regulations, 453. 



INDEX. 261 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs whea not otherwise indicated.] 

Arms and Eqaipments— Continued. 
Enlisted men— Continued. 

Belts— 

For recruiting parties, 414. 

Saber — 

Bands, kind, 412. 
Worn outside the overcoat, 413. 
Blanket roll, 39.5. 
Blankets, 4.')7. 
Bolo— 

For what troops prescribed, 393. 

How carried, 393. 
Canteen, how worn, 390. 

Cartridge-carry'ng devices, worn outside overcoat, 413. 
Coast Artillery Corps- 
Engineers, 384. 

Firemen, 384. 

Inspection as Infantry, 104, .394. 

Intrenching tools for, 104, 394. 

Kits, field and surplus, 104, 394. 

Master gunners, 384. 

Noncommissioned staff, except sergeant major, to have certain, 384. 
Equipments- 
Fitting of, to the men, 452. 

Marking, 427, 428, 448, 449, 473. 
Field Artillery, .384, 393, 431. 
Field hospitals, 440. 
First-aid packets, 447, 448. 
First sergeants of foot troops, to be armed with revolver only, pending issue 

of new equipment, 389. 
Fork, how carried, 396. 
Haversack, how carried, 396. 
Horse equipments — 

Bits for horses of Field Artillery, 416. 

Blanket, saddle, care, 419. 

Bridoon, holding and adjusting reiiis, 415. 

Dressing and polishing material, 450, 451. 

Field ArtiUery, 384, 416. 

Hospital Corps, 445, 446. 

Saddle- 
How packed, articles carried, etc., 417. 
Packing at signal "To horse," 418. 
Hospital Corps, 3S4. 

Hospital Corps knife, to be worn at inspection imder arms, 444, 
Infantry equipment pack, new, 395. 
Kits- 
Field service and surplus, 384, 394. 

Sui-plus kit bag, 397. 
Knife, how carried, 396. 
Maohine-gim company, 384, 393. 
Machinc-gim platoons, 384, 392, 393, 400. 
Machine-gun troop, provisional, 384, 393. 
Meat can, how carried, 390. 



262 INDEX. 

INumbprs voter to paragraphs when iiol othrrwise indicated.] 

Arms and Equipments— Continued. 

Enlisted men— Conliniied. 
Noncommissioned staff — 

Dismounted, to wear pistol instead of saber in the field, 387. 
Post, 384. 
Orderlies, 398. 
Orderlies, mounted, 399. 
Orders prescribing, 384. 
Ordnance detachments, 110(c). 
Pack, Infantry equipment, new, 395. 
Personal equipments, how worn or carried, 39fi. 
Philippine Scouts, 1025. 

Prescribed arms to be carried "undc arms" by, 385. 
Prescribed for all troops, 384-400. 
Recruiting parties, 1404. 

Kevolvers for first sergeants and sergeants of foot troops, 388, 389. 
Rifle- 
How carried attached to saddle, 386. 
School detachments not armed with, 390. 
Saber, how carried attached to the saddle, 386. 
Serviceable, old pattern, not to be replaced, 328. 
Service school detachments, 390. 
Small arms, care of. 421-426. 

Small-arms target-practice equipment, to be carried by, 391. 
Spoon, how carried, 396. 
Surplus kit bag, 397. 
Tin cup, how carried, 396. 
Under arms, will carry the prescribed, 385. 
Waist-belt adapters, issue and use, 411. 
Field Artillery- 
Fire-control equipment, 430. 
Gun and carriage equipment, 429. 
Gun and pack outfit, for mountain, 429. 
Field bakeries. (See Bakeries, p. 259.) 

Field cooking equipment. (See Cooking Equipment, p. 283.) 
Identification tag, issue, how and by whom worn, 410. 
Inspection and verification by commanding officers, 1070, 1071. 
Inspection for condemnation. (See Inspection of Property for Condemnation, 

p. 322.) 
Kitchen car, 467. 

Machine-gun platoons, gun equipment, etc., 400. 
Medical Department equipment, 439. 
Officers- 
Condition as to neatness, serviceability, etc., in which to be kept, 370, 1560. 
Horse e(|uipments— 

Bridle, double, holding and adjusting reins, 415. 
Issue to- 
Dismounted officers temporarily on mounted duty, 383. 
Field officers pending adoption of new design, 381. 
Majors of Philippine Scouts. 382. 
Mounted officers bolow grade of major, 379, 381. 
List of, to be kept in possession of mounted, 369. 
Saddlecloth, dark blue, disposition, 380. 



INDEX. 253 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Arms and Eqaipnients— Continued. 
OITicers— Continue d . 
Inspections — 

Commanding officers' verification and, 371. 
Wliole equipment may be required, 369. 
Personal- 
Articles that may be drawn from Ordnance Department, 369. 
Basin and bucket, canvas, sale to, 377. 
Bedding roll, sale to, 377. 

Blanket, carrying for purposes of inspection, 374. 
Clothing roll, sale to, 377. 
Field glasses, 375, 376. 
List of, to be in possession of, 369. 

Pistol instead of saber to be worn in the field by dismounted, 373. 
^Regulations prescribing, 369. 
Saber- 
Dismounted, not to wear in the field, 373. 
Mounted, how carried, 372. 
Side arms not to be worn while taking physical tests, 1034. 
Signal equipments, sale to, 375. 
Small-arms target-practice equipment for, 378. 
Verification by commanding officers, 371. 
Old and new pattern equipage, issue, 1565. 

Ordnance equipment, set to be kept by chief ordnance officer of division, 420. 
Perfection target spotters, issue, 407. 
Range finders, Weldon, issue, 408. 
Reconnaissance instruments, 433-438. 
Recording rifle rod outfits, issue for instruction, 406. 
Repair kit, company, 454. 
Repairs, facilities for making, 454. 
Rifles- 
Gallery practice, allowance, 402. 
Guarding prisoners, 403. 

Use in swimming and wall-scaling exercises, 405. 
With Maxim silencer, issue, 402. 
Shotguns for hunting, 404. 
Shotguns for guarding prisoners, 403. 
Signal Corps, field company equipment, 469. 
Signal outfits, visual- 
Issue to organizations, 471. 
When and by whom carried, 472. 
Subtarget gun machine, issue for instruction, 406. 
Telescopic musket sights, issue, etc., 401. 
Troops— 

In the field, equipments issued by Quartermaster's Department, 456. 
Of all branches of the service, 384-400. 
Veterinarians of Cavalry and Field Artillery, revolvers and ammunition in the 

field, 1572. 
Wearing, on the prescribed occasions, 1072. 
Whistles, issue to Infantry companies, 455. 
Army: 

Attendance at tournaments, fairs, etc., policy of War Department, 499. 
Battalions, provisional, authorized for (^oast Artillery Corps, 486. 



264 INDEX. 

I Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Army— Continued. 

Brigades, organization for instruction, etc., 490. 
("ommand of regulars, by militia officers, 9(30. 
Detail of line odicers — 

To staff corps and departments, 49.S. 

With militia, status, 494. 
Divisions, organization for instruction, 490. 
EfTiciency of, cluries of inspectors general, 8. 
Enlisted strength and composition of— 

Hands, 475, 572, 573. 

Company organizations, 484. 

Oetachmenls. (See Detachments, p. 289.) 

Line and staff departments, 483. 

Marhine-gun platoons, 488. 

Regiments, 483. 
First field army, organization, district, etc., 492. 
Machine-gun troops and companies, organization, 487. 
Military prison companies, authorized, 478. 
Militia, closer afliliation between regulars and, 9(il. 
Organization— 

For war, 491. 

Line and staff, 474. 
Pay increased, law, 497. 
Rfecruit depot companies, authorized, 477. 

Regiments, provisional, authorized for Coast ArtDlery Corps, 486. 
Reorganization of line and staff, 474. 
Sergeants, additional, to provide for militia details, 485. 
Army and Navy: 

Joint board of oflicers, 610. 
Army and Navy General Hospital: 

Rations, commutation for enlisted men on duty at, ViOZ. 
Army Field Service and Correspondence School for Medical Officers: 

Regulations governing, S77(j). 
Army Medical School: 

Regulations governing, 877(0- 
Army Nnrse Corps: 
Female — 

Authorized , 474. 

Rations, commutation, 1303, 1.305. 

Uniform, 1570 
Army Regulations: 

Accounted for, how, 285. 
A. R. as an abbreviation to be used, 1336. 
Inspection of, for condemnation, 285. 
TiU"ning in to War Department, 285. 
Army School of the Line: 

I?cgulations governing, 877(s;). 
Army Signal School: 

Regulations governing, 877(ft). 
Army Staff Collepe: 

Graduates, detail or detached service, 1459. 
Regulations governing, 877(6). 



INDEX. 255 

f Xumbprs refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Army Transports: 

Animals, shipment on, .518. 

Armorie.s on, .520. 

Arrival and departure, reports, 506. 

Blank forms, A. O. O., supply, 529. 

Buoys, life, 521. 

Casuals, instructions as to embarkation, .508. 

Civilian employees, discipline, 531, 532. 

Clothing for use of enlisted passengers, 512, 513. 

Colonel of Philippines Constabulary, status on, 503 

Commanding oflicer of troops — 

.\ssuming command, 500-503. 

Designation, etc., 500. 

Discipline, resjjonsibility, 500. 

Record books, post, 528. 

Report by, 505. 

Status of transport quartermaster vrith reference to, 509. 
Commissaries — 

Funds in personal possession, 225. 

Monthly inventory of subsistence stores, 1237. 
Crews, uniform, 1571. 

Damage or destruction by fire, storm, etc., action, 625. 
Fowls, shipment on, 518. 
Fumigation, 524. 
Gambling, 47, 530. 

Guard duty, status of Navy and Marine Corps, 534, 956. 
Hospital, use by well passengers, 517. 
Insjjections — 

At departure and arrival, 41). 

Gambling, 47. 

Liquor, introduction of, to he inquired into, 47. 

Subsistence supplies, illegitimate traffic in, 47. 
Intoxicating liquors, 47, 530. 
Lose, destruction, or damage, action, 540. 
Marine Corps- 
Enlisted men- 
Messing of certain grades, 957. 
Ration allowance for sick, 535. 
Status as to police and guard duty, receiving orders, etc., 534, 956. 

Ofiicers of, commanding troops of Army on, 955. 
Medical attendance, provision for troops, 520. 
Messes, limits of expenditures for, 1306. 
Mess kits — 

Discharged soldiers and certain Civilian passengers, 515. 

Plates for use of troops, 516. 
Navy- 
Enlisted men — 

Messing of certain grades, 957. 
Ration allowance for sick, 535. 

Status as to police and guard duty, receiving orders, etc., 534, 956. 
Offenses, punishment, etc., ,531, ,532. 
Oflicer of the day, detail of staff officer, 504. 
Officers and crews of, uniform, 1571. 



256 INDEX. 

I Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Army Transports— Continued. 

Officers traveling on- 

Assignment to duly- 
Going on or returning from leave, 502. 
Line and stall not atlaihed to organizations, 502. 

Assuming command of troop-s, 500-503. 

Commanding, of troops. (See Commanding Officer of Troops, p. 255.) 

Marine Corps, assignment to command troops of Army, 533. 

Meals, regulations. 522, 52;i. 

Oflicer of the day, detail of stall officer, 504. 
Overcoats kept for u.se of enlisted pa.ssengers, 513. 
Overcrowding, prevention, .507. 

Passengers, responsibility for conduct of first-class, on, 511. 
Payment of troops on, sailing via Suez Canal, 527. 
Philippines interisland— 

Instructions relative to, .341, 542. 

Quartcrmaster'.s agents to relieve quartermasters on, 542. 
Plates, dinner and .soup, for use of troops, 516. 
Police, status of Navy and Marine Corps, 5.34, 956. 
Quartermaster- 
Agents to relieve on Philippine interisland, 542. 

Passengers, conduct of first-class, responsibility, 511. 

Reports of arrival and departure of, 506. 

Status with reference to commanding officer of troops, 509. 

Wireless telegraph plants, control, 510. 
Rations, supply to be carried on trans-Paciflc, 1311. 
Sale or disposal, consent of Congress, 539. 
Sauerkraut, shipment on, 519. 
Savings, fat, slush, etc., disposition, 1241. 
Stowaways, prevention, 514. 

Subsistence stores, protection during fumigation, 524. 
Transportation on— 

Civilians who may be transported, law, 536, 537. 

Families, law and regulations, 536-538. 

Merchandise for Guam, law, 537. 

Navy and Marine Corps, law, 536. 

Revenue-Cutter Service, law, 537. 
Unauthorized persons boarding, prevention, 514. 
Uniform for troops on, 1544. 
Wireless-telegraph plants, control, 510. 
Army War College: 

Regulations governing, 877(a). 
Arrest: 

Soldiers, trial by summary court, 1112. 
Arsenals: 

Claims, soliciting at, prohibited, 658. 

Commanding officer, report of remedial action on defects, etc., 124, 128. 

Designated for turning in of— 

Band equipments, brass parts, 3.30. 
Bits, 330. 

Blanket bag and straps, 330. 
Blanket, saddle, 330. 



INDEX. 257 

I Numbers refer to paragraphs whea not otherwise indicated.! 

Arsenals— Continued . 

Designated for turning in of— Continued. 

Brass rings, buckles, etc., 324. 

Bridles, 330. 

Canteen, 330. 

Canteen haversack straps, 330. 

Cups, tin, 330. 

Firing pins, machine-gun, 334. 

Gimslings, brass parts, 330. 

Halter chains, 330. 

Harness, metallic parts, old black, artillery, 331. 

Moat cans, tin, 330. 

Ordnance property for repairs- 
Acted on by inspectors, 335. 
Without action of an insjieetor, 335. 

Polo equipment, 330. 

Saber knots, 330. 

Sand glasses, 336. 

Small arms, 337. 

Waist belt and adapters, brass parts, 330. 
Inspection— 

Assignment, 135. 

By whom and how often made, 41, 68. 

Normal conditions desired, 34, 110. 

Ordnance detachment, 110 (c). 

Report of, addressing and forwarding, 68, 118, 119. 

Report of remedial action on defects, etc., 124, 128. 

Scope, subjects to be inquired into, etc., 68, 110. 

Supplies, purchase and distribution of, IIO(^). 
Officer of the day, 806. 
Public property — 

Destruction of condemned, after turning into, 272. 

Empty barrels, boxes, etc., how disposed of, 1198, 1199. 

Issue and reissue of worn but serviceable, 1265. 

Scrap, how treated and valued, 1271. 

Shipments of, for repairs at, 335, 337. 
Articles of War: 

Marine Corps subject to, when, 953. 
Reading to— 

Applicants for enlistment, 544. 

Companies, etc., 543. 

Recruits, 544. 
Retired officers subject to, 1439. 
Artificers: 

Disrating prior to discharge, 1007. 
Artillery District Commander: 

Communications, forwarding, duties of, 1345. 
Equipments of officers, inspection and verification by, 371. 
Inspection of forts in district by, 62. 

Reports of remedial action on defects, inspection, 124, 128, 129. 
Stall and moimts, 1130, 1456. 
12969°— 12 17 



258 INDEX. 

I Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Artillery Districts: 

Inspections by — 

Artillery district commander, 62. 
Artillery district ordnance officer, 62. 
District artillery engineer, 62, 65. 
Mine planters, loss, destruction, or damage, action, 1540. 
Records- 
District, 1314, 1315, 1353. 
Ordnance officer, 1393, 1394. 
Stafif and mounts, 1130, 1456. 
Artillery Kn^lneer: 
District- 
Records, 1387, 1388. 

Repairs pertaining to his responsibility, 713. 
Post- 
Records, 1389, 1390. 

Repairs pertaining to his responsibility, 713. 
Assignments: 

OfTiecrs using outside influence to secure, 1012. 
Athletics: 

Competitions, useful information for, 931. 
Instruction in, 894, 930. 
Manuals for drills and exercises, 933. 
I'araphemalia for outdoor, 1090. 
Prizes for athletic sports, 932. 
Attaches: 

Retired oflTicers eligible for detail as military, 1437. 
Attendants: 

Extra-duty pay, 736. 
General mess, 88. 

Horses of officers changing station, 113". 
Pool table, extra pay, from company fund. 760. 
Attorney General: 

Opinion on application of eight-hour law, 689. 

Rev. Stat. 1241, condemnation and sale of unserviceable property, construed by, 
245, 252. 
Auction Sales: 

.Vuctioneer's account of, 1202. 
Bidding by Army personnel, 1203, 1204. 
."Suspension, case of low bids, 1201. 
Audit: 

Red Cross receipts and expenditures, 346. 
Ax: 

Hand, use for driving tent pins, 1523. 
Azimuth: 

Device to correct errors in, laying mortars, 910. 
Azimuth Instruments: 

Fortifications, supplied by Ordnance Department, 723 (c). 
Badu;es: 

Campaign- 
Award, issue, etc., 551. 
Campaigns for which awarded, list, 551. 
Contract surgeons, 551. 
Dental surgeons, 551. 



INDEX. 259 

I Xumbei's rpfer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

BadRes— Continued . 

Cam paign— Continued . 

}Iow worn, occasions, etc., 555. 

Indian, only one to be issued, 554. 

Ser\ice in Navy entitling to, 552. 

Spanish, for service on hospital ship, 553. 

Kibbon, 556, 557. 

Veterinarians, 551. 
Certificate of merit-- 

How worn, occasions, etc., 555. 

Ribbon, 55ti, 557. 
Coast Artillery Corps, excellence in gun-target practice, 560. 
Field Artillery, first-class gunner's, issue, replacing, etc., 560. 
Issued by Ordnance Department, how dropped from returns, 559. 
Kinds, how worn, occasions, etc., 555. 
Ribbons in lieu of— 

Allowance for issue to enlisted men, 556. 

How worn, occasions, etc., 556. 

Sale to officers, 556. 
Wearing of badges and ribbons by suspended officers and certain prisoners, 557. 
BaKSatre: 

Allowances — 

Change of station, 565. 

Field, for officers and men, 561. 

Marches involving absence over nighf , 562. 
Officers' field boxes or bundles, dimensions, 563. 
Packing and crating, money allowance for, 565. 
Personal, includes horse equipments issued to officers, 566. 
Trunk lockers authorized for field baggage of officers, 564. 
Bakeries: 
Field— 

Allowance for camps, 463, 464. 

Care and preservation of equipment, 466. 

Instructions for handling equipment, 465. 

Not part of a di\ision, 464. 

Organization, personnel and equipment of, 462. 
(See Post Bakeries, p. 365.) 
Bakers: 

Aprons, 797. 
Extra pay, 736, 796. 
Inspection- 
Chief baker, when held, 87. 

Efficiency of graduates of training schools, 79.] 
Instruction of noncommissioned officers as, 878. 
Muster, 87. 

Personal cleanliness, 1048. 
.Ser\'ice schools for, 877(/) (/)(m). 
Balances. (See under Public Moneys, p. 372.) 
Band Fund. (See Funds, p. 306.) 
Band Instruments: 

Accountability for, 1222. 
Alterations or changes, 1223. 
Care and preservation, 291, 1223. 



260 INDEX. 

I Xiiii)l)ers rofer to parnsrni)Iis when not othorwise indicatpd.] 

BhikI Instruments— Continued. 

Inspection for condemnation, 291. 

Issue to volunteer bands, Philippine Scouts, 570. 

Repairs, 291, 1223. 

Survey, 291, 1494. 
Bandoleers: 

("are, value, disposition, etc., 1254. 
Bands: 

Are organizations witli reference to coupon-book system, post exchange, 1093. 

Blacksmith tools, for mouuted, 409. 

Chief mu.sicians of colored, 571. 

Competition with local ci\ilian musicians, 567. 

Enlisted strength and composition of Army, 572. 

Fund. (Sec Funds, p. 30(1.) 

Inspection by commander, 55,50. 

MiUtary Academy, enlisted strength, 475. 

Mounted Field Artillery, horses for, 1157. 

Ordnance equipments of, inspection for condemnation, 330. 

Philippine Scouts, volunteer, 1015. 

Playing at meetings of political parties, 568. 

Records- 
Coast Artillery band fund, 1367. 
Regimental, 1368. 

Recruit depot , 573. 

Volunteer- 
Detailed from troops at posts, 569. 
Philippine Scouts — 
Authorized, 570. 

Issue of band instriunents to, 570. 
Post exchange profits for, 1084. 
Barbers: 

Noncommissioned officers, 997. 
Barber Shops: 

Company- 
authorized, 766. 
Funds accruing, disposition, 766. 

Post exchange, 1090. 

Recruit depots, 1433. 

Soldiers' indebtedness to, charge on pay rolls, 767. 
Barrack Ba;::: 

Clothing, soiled, to be kept in, 685. 
Barracks and Quarters: 

Vppropriations for, construed, 629. 

For macliine-gun platoons, 1288. 

Post coimnander's responsibility as to condition of, 1050. 

(See Buildings, p. 266; and Quarters, p. 380.) 
Barrels: 

F.mpty, disposition— 

Accimiulations at deiwts, etc., 1198, 1199. 

Flour, sale by bakeries, companies and messes, 737. 

Powder, metallic, 1251. 

Subsistence property on transports, 1241. 

Subsistence stores, i.ssued or sold, title to, 1200. 



INDEX. 261 

(Mumhers rcfor to pa'^agraphs when nut dthcrwise indicatfd.] 

Barrels— Continued. 

Machine-gun, inspection for condemnation, 3.«. 
Packing materials, care, etc., 1230. 
Barter: 

Rations, prohibited, 1309. 
Baseball Team: 

Expenses of a %isiting, payment from post exchange fund, 1083. 
Base Lines: 

Seacoast posts, 694. 
Basin: 

Officers', canvas, Quartermaster's Department to keep for sale, 377. 
Bathing: 

Bakers, 1048. 
Enlisted men, 685. 
Battalion fonimander. (See Battalions, below.) 
Battalions: 

Battalion commander— 

.Absence of the regular, 574, 576. 
Channel of correspondence, 99, 577. 
Communications, forwarding, duties of, 1345. 
Company commander or staff officer as, 576. 
Inspection of company funds, 778. 
Instruction — 

Latitude to be given, 899. 
Practical, full control by, 896. 
Lieutenant colonel may be assigned as, 575. 
Officers incapacitated, report to inspector by, 83. 
Post commander's duties delegated to. when, 59 
Requisitions, ordnance equipments, 1071. 
Staff, 1456. 

Temporary disability of, 576. 
Color sergeant, detail, etc., 1000. 
Historical record of independent, 1376. 
Not administrative units, 577. 
Philippine Scouts, authorized, 1013, 1014. 
Provisional — 

Coast Artillery Corps, 486. 
May be designated by whom and when, 578. 
Records, 1369, 1370, 1376. 
Batteries: 

Dry cell, supplied by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Field Artillery- 
Designations, old and new, 495. 
(See Companies, p 279.) 
Seacoast— 

Recruit depots, Forts Slocum and McDowell, 1435. 
Terms "in service," "out of commission," etc., defined, 832. 
Battery fonnnander: 
Coast Artillerv— 
Mortars- 
Fire direction, method of making checks, 911. 
Laying, errors in azimuth, correction, 910. 
Responsibility for care, etc., of equipment, 715. 



262 INDEX. 

I Numbers voter to paragraphs wlioii not otherwise indicated.] 

Battery Wayons: 

Field Artillery, inspection for condemnation, .331. 
Rattle Commanders'' Stations: 

Cupboards or closets for, CM. 
Bayonet Combat: 

Garrison training, 894. 

(See Bayonet Exercise, below.) 
Bayonet Kxerclse: 

Garrison training in bayonet combat, 894. 

Importanre of, SO. 

Instruction in, to be tested at inspections, 80. 

Post contests, 905. 
Bayonets: 

Accounted for separately, 1258. 

Destruction on I. & I. report, prohibited, 3^7. 

Use for driving tent pins, prohibited, 1523. 
Beard: 

Enlisted men, how kept, 685. 
Beddln? Uoll: 

Officers, (Jiiartermaster's Department, to keep for sale. 37 
Bedsteads: 

Inspection of old pattern for condemnation, 292. 
Beef: 

Fresh- 
Inspection of, 70, 71, 1575. 
Sale or exchange by organizations, 1309. 
Beet Cattle: 

Inspection of, by veterinarian, 71 , 1575. 
Bells. 

(See Time-Interval Bells, p. 411.) 
Belts: 

Field, ammunition to be carried in, 353. 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 

Recruiting parties, 414. 

Saber - 

Bands, kind, 412. 

Worn outside overcoat, 413. 

(See Arms and Equipments, p. 250.) 
Bicycles: 

Issue of, by the Quartermaster's Department, 580. 
Bidding: 

Army personnel at auction sales of Government property, 1203, 1204. 
Bids: 

Regulations and instructions, C61-6C3. 
Blllard Tables: 

Company, 700. 

Soldiers' indebtedness to, charge on pay rolls, 767. 
Bills of Exrhanee: 

Purchase of, 198. 
Biscuits: 

Baking of, by companies, 1039. 
Bits: 

Curb, allowance for batteries of Field .\rtillery. 416. 

Curb and watering, inspection for condemnation. 330. 

Snaffle, for draft horses of Field .Vrtillery. 410. 



INDEX. 263 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Blacksmiths: 

In.speof ion, efficiency of graduates of training school, 79. 
Blacksmith Tools: 

Issue to mounted bands, 409. 
Blanco: 

Issue for remarking equipments, 449. 
Blanket Ita:;: 

Inspection for condemnation, XiO. 
Blanket-Bag Coat Strap: 

Inspection for condemnation, 3.30. 
Blanket-Bag Shoulder Strap: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Blanket Roll: 

.Vrticles to be carried, how made up, etc., 395. 

How carried on saddle, 395. 
Blanket Roll Strap: 

Inspection for condemnation, 3.30. 
Blankets: 

Allowance, renovation, etc., 457. 

Condemned, sale, 295. 

Inspection for condemnation, 295. 

Inventory and inspection reports, approval, 277, 279(f), 295. 

Issue of, on memorandum receipts, 457. 

Officers, carrying for jnirposes of inspection, 374. 

Saddle— 

Care of, 419. 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Blank Forms: 

Force and effect, oSi. 

Furnished from office of the Inspect or General, list, use, etc., 583, p. 236, par. 11. 

Manuscript, prohibit<»d, when, 582. 

Notes and directions on, force and effect, 581. 

Requisitions for, 581. 

Supply of A. G. O., to transports and troops sailing, 529. 
Blank Passes: 

Purchase from company funds, 749. 
Blue Prints: 

Domestic or foreign territory, containing military information, 952. 
Board of Commissioners: 

Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia, 1453. 
Boards of Officers: 

Boats, destruction or damage by Are, storm, etc., C25. 

Buildings, destruction or damage by fire, storm, etc., 625. 

Cable ship, destruction or damage by fire, storm, etc, 625. 

Cadets, appointment to Military Academy, 591. 

Cavalry Board, 584. 

Chaplains, appointment, 589. 

Coast Artillery Board , 585. 

Coast \ rt illery Reserves, examination of officers and certain enlisted men, 617. 

Deceased officers, 605. 

Defense Board, I^hilippine Islands, 609. 

Dental Corps, appointments in, 594. 

Discharge certificate of a soldier, character given, 622. 



264 INDEX. 

I Nnmbers rofer to paragraphs when not othorwise indicated.] 

Boards of Officers— Continued. 

Engineers, 606, 607. 

Enlisted men, appointment as second lieutenant , 595. 

Field .Vrtillery board, 586. 

General Staff Corps, filling vacancies below brigadier general, 602. 

Graduating class, Military Academy , fitness for mounted service, 590. 

Gunners, examination and classification- 
Coast Artillery Corps, 61S. 
Field Artillery, f.19. 

Horses, purchase of private moun ts from oniecrs,liy Quartermaster's Department, 
024. 

Hospital Corps, appointment of sergeants, 620. 

Infantry board, 587. 

Joint board, Army and Navy, 610 

Lieutenants for transfer to the Coast Artillery Corps, 598. 

Loeining of records for use of, 1333. 

Medical, at recruit depots, on disabled soldiers, 621. 

Medical Corps, appointm(-nt , .592. 

Medical Reserve Corps, appointment. 593. 

Mine planters, destruction or damage by fin\ storm, etc., 625. 

National Land Defense Board, Oil. 

Noncommissioned staff, C. A. C, appointments, 615, 616. 

Ordnance and fortification, 608. 

Ordnance Department, examination of officers for detail in, 603. 

Paymaster's clerks, appointment, 614. 

Philippine Scouts, appointments and promotions of officers, 600. 

I'orto Rico Regiment, appointments and promotions of officers, 599. 

Private property— 

Claims for damages from military operations, etc., 626. 
Lost in the service, 627. 

Promotion of officers, 588. 

Retired officers eligible for detail on, 1437. 

Retiring Board, 604. 

Second lieutenants, appointment from civil life- 
Cavalry, 597. 
Coast Artillery, 598. 
Corps of Engineers, 596. 
Field Artillery, 597. 
Infantry, 597. 

."Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia, commissioners, 1453. 

Superintendent of national cemetery, appointment, 623. 

Textbooks, promotion of officers, 892, 893. 

Transports, destniciion or damage by fire, storm, etc., 625. 

United States military prison, board of govenment , 613. 

United States Soldiers' Home, board of commissioners, 612. 

\olunteers,e.\amination of personsspecially qualified to hold comniis.>ionsin, 601. 

Boats: 

Anchoring near military cables, 812. 

Artillery districts, inspection, care, etc., 1539, 1540. 

Damage or destruction by flre, storm , etc. , action, 625. 

Engineer proixjrty , inspection for condemnation, 314. 

Inspections of, assigned to Coast .Vrtillery districts and posts, 49, 109. 

Loss, destruction or damage, action, 1540. 

Naming, 634. 



INBEX. 265 

[Numbprs refer to i>aragrai)hs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Boats — Continued. 

Rations for civilian employees ou tugs, launches, etc., 1307. 
Reports of inspections on, 109. 
Submarine mine- 
Distribution box, 14(35. 

Wooden, use for ordinary work, 1466. 
Boilers: 

Inspection of, installed at fortifications, 705. 
Bolo: 

For what troops prescribed, 384, 393. 
IIow carried, 393. 
Bond!s: 

Disbursing officers — 

(Accounts to be stated separately under each Ijond; exception, 204. 

Cumulative, 204. 

Date of, 204. 

Inspection of money accounts, duties of inspector 142(o). 

Premiums, rate; United States not to pay cost, 203. 

Rebonding,204. 

Who are required to furnish, 201, 202. 
Post exchange steward, payment of cost of, 1087. 
Bondsmen: 

Instructions relative to, 662. 
Books: 

Bull's-eye score, 752. 
Emplacement, inspection, 108. 
Library — 

Care and preservation, 91. 

Inspection for condemnation, 91, 284. 

Proceeds of sales of, ISO. 
Manuals, regulations, etc. — 

Inspection for condemnation, 285. 

Lost, damaged, etc., how disposed of, 285. 

Turning in to War Department, 285. 
Medical, inspection for condemnation, 310, 311. 
Soldiers' Handbooks- 
Inspection for condemnation, 285. 

Issued to enlisted men, dropped, 285. 
Text. (See Textbooks, p. 411.) 
(See Publications, p. 372; and Records, p. 383.) 
Boosters: 

Fortifications, supplied by Signal Corps, 723(h). 
Boxes: 

Empty, disposition — 

Accumulations at depots, posts, etc., 1198, 1199. 

Subsistence property on transports, 1241. 

Subsistence stores issued or sold, title to, 1200. 
Marking, containing ordnance property, 1269. 
OfTicers' field baggage, dimensions, 563. 
Packing- 
Care and use, 1230. 

Dimensions, weight, marking, etc., of Quartermaster's Department, 1229. 

Zinc-lined, small-arms ammunition, care, value, etc., 1254. 
Powder, markings on, 1255. 



266 INDEX. 

I Numbers rpfoi- to paragraph-: when not otherwise indirated.] 
Braid: 

Sample of, for guidance of oiTirers, 1555. 
Branding:: 

Lockers, wall, 1221. 

Public animals, 1169. 

Public property, 1196. 

Refrigerators, 1221. 
Brass: 

Disposition of trimmings, etc., on ordnance property " desjifoyed " or "broken 
up," 324. 
Brass Kings: 

Disposition of, on ordnance property '-destroyed" or "broken up," 324. 
Bravery: 

Of officers, testimony of eye-witnesses. 1012. 
Broad: 

Baking of, by companies, 1038, 10.39. 

Enlisted men massing separately, purchase, etc., 1047. 

Loaves, weight, 1041, 1045. 

Product of 100 pounds of flour, 1014. 

Sale of, regulations, 1041-1043. 
Breech Covers: 

To be kept on seacoast guns when not in use, 822. 
Bridies: 

Inspection for condemnation, 3.30. 

Reins of double, method of holding and adjusting, 415. 
Bridoon: 

Reins, method of holding and adjusting, 415. 
Brigade Comniander: 

Staflf, 1456. 
Brigades: 

Organization of temporary, for instniction, etc., 490, 1456. 
Brooms: 

Corn, subsistence property, how dropped, 1239. 

Post exchange not entitled to issue of, 1104. 
Brashes: 

Horse, inspection for condemnation, 330. 

Scrubbing, allowance for bakeries, 1049. 
Bucltets: 

Oflicers' canvas, 377. 
Buckles: 

Disposition of, on ordnance property "destroyed" or "broken up, " 324. 
BuUdings: 

Appropriations construed, 629. 

Changes in, War Department authority necessary, 628. 

Damage or destruction by fire, storm, etc., action, 625, 6.33. 

Designation and number to be given in reports of inspections, 114. 

Fires- 
Damage or ile^struction by, action, (i25, 6.33. 
I'roteclion against, 1152-U.')5. 

Fortification power plants, use for lighting post, 712. 

Inspection — 

About to be occupied, allotted, or vacated, 61. 

Annual, by post commander and quartermaster. 60, 1061 . 

New construction, by post commander, 1000. 



INDEX. 267 

[Niimbprs refer to paragraphs wbeu not otherwise indicated.] 

Bonding's — Continued. 

Inventory and inspection reports- 
Approval, 277, 279(a), 287. 
I'reparation. 267(6), note, 280. 

Naming, 034. 

National cemeteries, care, painting, etc., 974. 

New construction, inspection, and report by commanding ofTioer, 6-31. 

Officers' clubs, messes, etc., occupancy of public, G:V2. 

Officers' quarters. (See Quarters, p. 380.) 

Ordnance repair shops provided by Quartermaster's Department, 723(c). 

Repairs, coast artillery posts, by Quartermaster's Department, 723(d). 

Signal Coi-ps structures of fire-control system, repair, 700. 

Visits of post commander and surgeon to, used by enlisted men, 59. 

Wooden, constniction at military posts, 630. 
Bull's-Eye Score Books: 

Purchase from company fund, 752. 
Bundles: 

Officers' field baggage, dimensions, 563. 
Bunks: 

Iron, for prisoners, 1122. 
Buoys: 

Life, Army transports, 521. 
Bureau of Insular Affairs: 

Organization, 474. 
Business Methods: 

Administrative headquarters, 1318. 

Inspection of — 

Division and department headquarters, 42. 
In general, 98. 

Officers of Quartermaster's Department, 31. 
Cable: 

Alaskan, inspection of money accounts, 132. 

Digging near electrical, at fortifications, 707. 

Fortifications- 
Signal Corps, 723(6). 

Submarine mine — 
Classification, 1470. 
Test for insulation and copper resistance, 1471. 

\'essels anchoring near military, 812. 
Cable Book: " ;• ■;,. , 

Submarine mine, 1388. 
Cablegrams: 

Rates, 1507. 
Cable Ships: 

Damage or destruction by fire, storm, etc., action, 625, 1540. 
Cable Tanks: 

Filling of, 1472. 
Cable Terminals: 

Fortification, construction by Signal Corps, 723(6). 
Cakes: 

Baking of, in post bakeries, 1040. 
California Dfbris Commission: 

Inspection of money accounts, 133. 



268 INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Campaign Badtre. (See Badges, p. 258.) 
Campaigns: 

List of, for which campaign badges are awarded, 551. 
Campinc;: 

Field training, 895. 
Camps: 

Allowance of subsistence property for, 463. 

Attendance of Regular Anny with militia at instruction, 499. 

Claims, soliciting at, prohibited, 658. 

Inspection of, by inspectors general, how often made, 41. 

MiUtia officers not to command Regular Anny, 9tj0. 

Naming, 634. 

Sanitation- 
Latrines, urinals, and odorless excavators for, 1580. 
Sanitary rules for selection of sites for, and establishment of, 1580. 
Water, analysis, 1579. 

Tentagc, allowance for, 1516. 
Candles: 

Increase or decrease of allowance by di^^sion commander, 1483. 
Cannon: 

Inspection for condemnation, 325. 

Inventory and inspection reports — 
Approval, 277, 279(c). 
Preparation, 325. 

(See Guns and Carriages, p. 311.) 
Canteen. (See Post Exchange, p. 367.) 
Canteen-Haversaek Strap: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Canteens: 

Corks, covers, etc., for repair, 327. 

How carried, 396. 

Inspection for condemnation, 327, 330. 

Remarking, 449. 
Canteen Straps: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Canvas Bags: 

Recruits leaving recruit depots, 1227, 1429. 
Caps: 

Modifications of design, 1549. 

Recniits en route to join organizations, to wear ser\-ice, 1430. 

Ser\ice, not to be taken to Philippines, 1225. 
Captains: 

Infantry, horseback riding, 904. 

Promotion of line, riding tests, 1027. 
Carnivals: 

Attendance of troops at, policy of War Department , 499. 
Carrlai^es: 

Gun- 
Inspection for condemnation, 325. 
Inventory and inspection reports, approval, 279(c). 

(See Guns and Carriages, p. 311.) 
Cartrldce-Belt Suspenders: 

Inspection for condenmation, .3.30. 



INDEX. 269 

TNumbers refer to paragraph-; when not otherwise indicated.] 

Cartridge Box: 

McKeever, inspection for condemnation, 330. 
fartrldfje-CarrjlHg Devices: 

Worn outside overcoats, 413. 
Casemate Electricians: 

Coast Artillery Corps, number rated, 496. 
Casemates: 

Mining — 

Inspection after turning over to Coast Artillery, 697. 
Installation, 1469. 

Records of history and operations, 1390. 
Cases: 

Empty, ammunition, care and disposition, etc., 1250, 12.52-1255. 

Markings on cartridge storage, 1255. 
Cash: 

Balance, verification of, before witness, 215, 216. 

Inspection of money accounts, verification, 141, 142(c). 

Pasrraentsin, when authorized, 189,228. 

Redeposit or disbursement of balances drawn to meet pay rolls, 228. 

Subsidiary cash account, 220. 
Cash Books: 

Inspection of— 

Disbursing officers', 142(e), (ft), (i). 
Paymasters', 138. 

Post exchange, keeping, etc., 1074, 1075, 1076. 

Quartermasters', instructions for keeping, 232. 
Cash Register: 

Post exchange, 1094. 
Casuals: 

Eml)arkation on transports, 508, 515. 
Cavalry: 

.Vmmunition to lie carried in saddlebags when combat is imminent, 353. 

Board, appointment second lieutenant from civil life, 597 

Enlisted strength, 483, 484. 

Headquarters detachment, 481. 

Horses— 

.\llowance— 

Enlisted men in time of peace, 1156. 
For a troop, 1159. 

Instruction. (See Instruction, p. 335.) 

Organization, 474. 

Riding test at inspections, 81. 
Cavalry Board: 

Composition and duties, 584. 
Cells: 

Battery, inspection for condemnation, 279((i), 315, 342. 
Cemeteries. (See National Cemeteries, p. 351.) 
Ceremonies: 

Coast Artillery posts, 802. 

Dress parade, one-c-ompany post, 639. 

Engineer troops, position at, 637. 

Escort of the colors, how conducted, 638. 

Garrison training, 894. 



270 INDEX. 

I Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otlnrwise indicated.! 

Ceremonies— Continued. 

Hospital Corps, attendance, SO. 

Noncommissioned stall, positions at reviews and inspections, 991. 

Presentation of medal of honor, 548. 

Retreat, lowering the flag, 862, 864. 

Review 

Before inspector, who receives, 035. 
Drawmg and returning saber at, 036. 

SifTOal Corps, position at, 637. 
Certificate of Merit: 

Award conditions, etc., 549. 

Badge- 
How worn, occasions, etc., 555, 557. 
Issues, etc., 549. 
Ribbon in lieu of, how worn, occasions, etc., 556, 557. 

Names of enlisted men awarded, since 1897, 550. 
Certificates: 

Manuscript, prohibited, when, 582. 

( )fTicer witnessing destruction of property- 
Condemned, form, 275. 
Surveyed, 1485. 
fertlflcates of Deposit: 

Hogulations governing, 164. 
Certificates of DlsabUlty: 

Typewriter, use in preparing, 1326. 
Chairs: 

Heavy, lounging, purchase from company funds, 753. 
Chamois Skins: 

Care and storage, 1195. 
Chaplains: 

Board, appointment of, 589. 

Inspections, 85. 

Organization, 474. 

Records, 1396. 

Reports of inspections, extracts of favorable or unfavorable mention, 122. 
Charts: 

Fire-control stations, 1337. 

(See Difference Charts, p. 289.) 
Check Books: 

Blank checks, detached for use of another oflicer, 160. 

Care of, 159. 

Inspection, money accounts, 138, 139, 163. 

Issue of, rules, etc., 158. 

Paymaster's— 

Inspection of, 138. 

To be kept ready for inspection, 163. 

Receipt for blank checks transferred, 160, 162. 

Stubs. (See Check Stubs, p. 272.) 

Transfer, rules, 162. 

Unu.sed, keeping for an unreasonable time, 161. 

Unused safes to be opened by inspectors to see if they contain, 139. 



INDEX. 271 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs wlien not otherwise indicated.] 

Chocks: 

Blank— 

Detaclicd for use of another oflHcer, liiO. 

Keeping for an unreasonable time, lf)l. 

Receipts for, 160, 162. 

Transfer of, 160, 162. 
Drawing — 

Alterations certified to, 149. 

Deposit of paymasters' collections and soldiers' deposits, 148. 

Drawer, rank and staff department, 147. 

Erasures certified to, 149. 

Face to show what, 145. 

Favor of— 

Drawer, 143. 

Draper, indorsed to chief clerk, payment of salaries, 144. 

Party to whom payment is made, 144. 

Superintendent, for payment of salaries of employees, 144. 

Notation of number of voucher on, 140. 

Party to whom payment is made, 228. 

Payments not exceeding $20, 143, 228. 

Payments of customs duties on imported public property, 228. 

Pen and ink to be used, 151. 

Regulations governing, 228. 

Rubber stamps prohibited in preparing. 151. 

Treasury Department regulations governing, 228. 

Typewriter prohibited in preijaring, 151. 
Expenses for collecting money on, 228. 

Indorsing to chief clerk for payment of salaries of employees, 145. 
Inspection, money accounts, 137, 142. 
Lost, stolen, or destroyed, 157. 
Mutilated or spoiled, 152. 
Outstanding- 
Lists— 

Closing statements, 241. 

Inspection, money accoimts, 142, 241, 242. 

Three full fiscal years — 

Procedure for payment, 156. 
Report to Secretary of Treasury, 155. 
Paid, how listed on depositary statements, 236. 
Paymasters' collections, deposits, 148. 

Payment of, after death, resignation, or removal of drawer, 228. 
Payments— 

By personal checks, 216. 

How made by, 228. 

Not to exceed $20, names of persons to be paid to be shown on, 228. 

Ofhcial, will be used, 154. 
Personal — 

Not recognized in law as money, 216. 

Not to be considered cash by verifying witness, 216. 

Responsibility for accepting in payment, 216. 
l^rooeeds of sales, deposit, 169. 
Receipts for moneys paid by, when required, 185, 186. 



272 INDEX. 

1 Numbers rcftM- to paragraphs when not othin-wise iuJicated ] 

Checks — Continued. 

Regulations governing, 14;{-157. 

Signing in blank, prohibited, 150. 

Soldiers' deposits, 148. 

Unused safes, to be opened by inspectors to sec if Ihey contain, 139. 

Unused, transfer, 162. 

Vouchers, description to be noted on, 146. 
Check Stubs: 

Data to be entered on, 152, 15.'H. 

Filing, transfer, etc., 162. 

In.spection, money accounts, 142. 

Marking of, by inspectors, 142 (p). 

Of mutilated or canceled checks, 152. 

Paymasters', data to be entered on, 152. lo-S. 
Chests: 

Commissary, allowance for camps, 463. 

Keys of, precautions, 1193. 

Medical and surgical, inspection and readiness for field, 124*5. 
Chevrons: 

Inspection for condeiimation. 297. 
Chief Uakcr. (See Bakers, p. 259.) 
Chief Loaders: 

Coast Artillery Corps, number rated, 496. 
Chief iMechanlcs: 

Disrating prior to discharge, 1007. 
Chief Musician: 

Colored bands, 571. 
Chief of Coast .4rtlllery: 

Fortifications - 

Electric plant, increase of load, transfer or change, 71 1. 
Installations, transfer, 710. 

Member of General Staff, 474. 

Submarine mine property, use for olhor purposes, 146S. 
Chief of Knglneers: 

River and harbor and fortification property — 
Appointment of surveying olficer on, 1489. 
Inspection for condemnation, 319. 

(.See Chiefs of Bureaus, p. 273. i 
Chief of Ordnance: 

Regulations for inspection of ordnance property for condenuiation, 247, 

Sale of obsolete ordnance property without prior condemnation, 1273. 

(See Chiefs of Bureaus, p. 273.) 
Chief of Staff: 

Aimual reports to be submitted to, 368, 79"). 

Detail and duties, 474, 799. 

Inventory and inspection reports, submission to, 270. 

Otlice - 

Organization, 799, 

Regulations governing correspondence, records, action on papers, etc., 1350. 

Reports of inspection, submission to, 118. 

(See C.encral StafT Corps, p. 309.) 
Chief I'ianters: 

Coast Artillery Corps, numl)er ratetl, 496. 



INDEX. 273 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Chief Qiiurterniasterii: 

Patterns of officers' uniforms to be kept by, 1556. 
Chiefs of Kiireuus: 

Amiual reports, 367, 368. 

Coniinunications for action or signature of Secretary of War, instructions, 1351, 

1352. 
Correspondence— 

As intemiediate commanders, 1341. 
Direct, 1341. 

Througli their staff assistants, 1344. 
With officers on duty at — 
Recruit depots, 1348. 
Recruiting stations, 1348. 
United States military prison, 1348. 
With tliose not under their command or direction, 1344. 
Information, furnishing to Congress, 652. 
Inventory and inspection reports, approval by, 279. 
Legislation, applying for, etc., 652. 

Reports of inspections, extracts, unfavorable mention of officers, 122. 
Chiefs of Squad.s: 

Inspections by, 54. 
Chief Surs^eon: 

Authority of. for submission of certain medical property for inspection, 310. 
Hospital fund, audit, 790,791,793. 
Children: 

Post schools for, 886. 
Chlnaware: 

Inspection for condemnation, 302. 
Smvey, outgoing organizations, 1495, 1505, 1506. 
(See Tableware, p. 409.) 
Clncha: 

Hair, inspection for condemnation, 3.30 
Clucha Ntrap: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Circuits: 

Electric power and lighting, danger in installing at fortifications, 706. 
Electric, used on seacoast gun carriages, 827. 
Firing, gun-carriage equipment, 723(c). 
Circular Benches: 

Fortifications, supplied by Engineer Department, 723(a). 
Civilian Clothing: 
Wearing of by — 

Enlisted men, 1553. 
Officers, 1551-1553. 
Civilian Employees: 

Arsenal or depot inspection, 110. 

Bidding at auction sales of Government property, 1204. 

Civil service examinations, instruction of persons, R53. 

Claims, giving information as basis, 6.58. 

Compensation for injuries, 6,56. 

Control of, engaged in construction at posts, 645, 640. 

Death of, action to be talceu, 657. 

12969°— 12 18 



274 INDEX. 

I Numbers refer to paragraphs w lien not uilnTwise indicated.] 

Civilian Employees— Continued. 

Di.seiiarged and not paid for lack of funds, procedure, 197. 

Kngineer Department, engaged in construction at posts, control, 646. 

Expense accounts, 188, 048. 

K.xpenses, per diem and traveling, 647, 648. 

Families, limit of appointment to civil service positions, 654. 

Holidays, for per diem, 801. 

Information, furnishing to Congress, bo2. 

Keys of storerooms or chests, 1 193. 

Labor— 

Hired, use for private pui-poses, 1 197. 

Hours of, 641 . 
Legislation, influencing, applyuig for, etc.. 651, 662. 
Loaning of money, 05."). 
National cemeteries, 979. 

Notaries public, charging for notarial acts for, 644. 
Payments — 

Monthly, 200. 

Semimonthly, Quartermaster's Department, 64P. 
ray, soliciting increase, etc., (i51. 

Philippine Government, transportation on .\rmy transports, law, 536. 
Philippine Islands, tour of duty, etc., 042. 
Political activity, 050. 
PoUtical contributions. 0,50. 
Presents, receiving or giving, 1100. 
Private property, unclaimed for over three years, 1151. 
Public property- 
Issues by, superintendence, 1192. 

Lost, damaged, etc.. by, 1210. 
Purchase of supplies from, 210. 

c^uartermaster's Department . engaged in construction at posts, control, 645. 
Rations and ration and savings account, 130L 
Rations, tugs, launches, lighters, etc.. 1.307. 
Regulations, general, governing, 640. 
Subsistence stores — 

Purchase by those entitled to rations. 1302. 

Sales on monthly payment, 1476. 
Tentage, allowance for the field with troops. 1519. 
Time, rules for computation, 194. 
Transfer, regulations, 642, 643. 
Transportation on Army transports, law. 5.30, 537. 
Traveling expenses, receipts, 648. 
Wages due and unpaid at time of discharge. 107. 
rivillans: 

lioards, appointment as second lieutenants, 596, 597, 598. 
Discipline of, on t ransports, 532. 

Employees of contractors engaged on construction at posts, control, 645, 646. 
Civil Service: 

Members of families, limit of appointments, 664. 
Examinations, preparing perscms for, 653. 
Claims Acaln.st the I'nited Slates: 

Damage to jtrivatc i)roperty from military operations, 026, 659. 
Furnishing information as a basis of, O.'iS, 1.331. 



INDEX. 275 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs wLeu not otherwise indicated.] 

Claims Against the United States— Continued. 
Presenting false or fraudulent, penalty, 660. 
Purchase of, bj- officers or clerks of disbursing officers, 209. 
Soliciting, on military reservation, etc., prohibited, 658. 
Clamps: 

Seacoast defenses, inspection for condemnation, 279(ii), 315, 342. 
Cleaning Material: 

For use on equipments, 450, 451. 
Storage and care, 1195. 
Cleaning Kod: 

Rifle, accounted for separately, 1258. 
Clerks: 

For inspectors general, 28, 29. 
Purchase of claims, final statements, etc., 209. 
(See Civilian Employees, p. 273.) 
Clinometers: 

Fortifications, supplied by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Clocks. (See Electrical Clocks, p. 295.) 
Closets: 

Installation in battle commanders' stations, 690. 
Closing Statements: 

Money accountability, 241. 
Cloth: 

Olive-drab for officers- 
Samples to be kept by quartermasters, 1555. 
Where officers may purchase, 1554. 
Clothing: 

Accounts, inspection, 94. 
Alaska, special provision for troops in, 1564. 
Allowance- 
How computed at settlement, 1568. 
Overdrawing, etc., 1567. 
Philippine Scouts, 1023. 
Alterations, fitting of the men, etc., 1557, 1566. 
Applicants for enlistment, not issued, 1420. 
Civilian- 
Accepted applicants', disinfection, 1432. 
Wearing of, by- 
Enlisted men, 1553. 
Officers, 1551-15.53. 
Condemned- 
Depots for turning in, 295-297. 
Sale, 295. 

Shipment, Manila to San Francisco, 297. 
Enlisted mens' soiled, kept in barrack bags, 685. 
Infected, destruction on survey report, 1485. 
Inspection for condemnation— 
Amount of damage to, 293. 
Articles to be destroyed, 295, 297. 

Issued to prisoners, and to soldiers at reduced prices, 293, 295, 296. 
Obsolete, 295. 

Odd articles, as shoes, leggings, and gloves, not to be inspected, 298. 
Sale at auction, 295. 



276 INDEX. 

I Numbers rofer to paragraphs when not otherwise inflioated.] 

Clothlnif— Continued. 

laspection for condemnation. 
Turning in to depot, 295-297. 
White summer, recruiting parties, 294. 

Inventor3' and inspection reports of uniform, apiiroval, 277, '279(e), 295. 

Issued to a soldier whose enlistment was fraudulent, etc., 15i39. 

Issues to enlisted men, sui)ervision to prevent overdrawing, 1567. 

Laundering of new olive-drab, 944. 

Military convicts- 
Clothing list, 1120. 
Overcoats, when released, 1121. 
Uniform, wearing, etc., 1119. 

Odd articles, disposition, 298. 

Old and new pal terns, issue, ISfio. 

Overcoats, fur and blanket lined, care and use, 95. 

Philippine Scouts— 
•Mlowance, 1023. 
Articles prescribed Tor, 1024. 

I'urcha,sing or receiving in pledge, penalty, 1282. 

liecniits leaving recruit depots for Philippines, 142S. 

Sample garment for "trying on" of soldiers' uniform, 1566. 

Shoes. (See Shoes, p. 398.) 

Soldiers', after discharge, is private property, IH.'i. 

Stock to be kept at posts and stations, 1218. 

Uniform. (See Uniform, p. 415.) 

Vouchees, inspection, 94. 
Clotliln!? Arconnt: 

Clothing allowance, how computed, 1.508. 
Clotlilng Lists: 

Purchase from company fund, 749. 
Clothing: Koll: 

GfTlcers', Quartermaster's Department to keep for sale, 377. 
Clubs: 

Oflicers', occupancy of public buildings, 632. 
Coast .\rtlllery Hoard: 

Composition and duties, .")S.j. 
Coast .\rtlUery Corps: 

Armament, care, 852, 855. 

.\rms and ecjuipments. (See .\rms and Equipments, p. 250.) 

Bandfund. (See Funds, p. 300.) 

Battalions, provisional, authorized, 480. 

Boards. (Sec Hoards of ollicers, p. 263.) 

Casemate elect ritians, number rated, 490. 

Chief loaders, number rated, 490. 

Chief of Coast Artillery. (See Chief of Coast .Vrtillery, ]>, 272.) 

Chief planters, number rated, 496. 

Coast defense exercises with militia, 9('.2 

Enlisted strength, 483, 484. 

Experts, rating, 496. 

Gun commanders, number rated, 490. 

Gunners, board e.xamination of candidates for CIS. 

Gun pointers, number rated, 490. 

Guns and carriages, fire-proofing before use by, 824. 



INDEX. 277 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Coast Artillery Corps — Continued. 
Inspection- 
Batteries, etc., after turning over to, (397. 

Boats, 49. 

Defense matfiriel, test of service, 105. 

Emplacement books, entries relative to ammunition hoists, 108. 

Guns, during closed season, 10(3. 

Infantry, 104. 

Kits, field or surplus, 104. 

Lanyards, attaching at drill, 107. 

Primers, inserting at drill, 107. 
Instruction- 
Athletics and gymnastics, 930. 

Battery equipment, familiarity with, before tiring, 912. 

Drills- 
Suspension of, during installations by Signal Corps, 699. 
Who may be excused, 913. 

r.ncarapments, annual, 914. 

Infantry, 104, 916, 930. 

Instruction orders, 908. 

Mines, service of, 915. 

Mortars- 
Fire direction, method of making checks, 911. 
Laying, errors in azimuth, correction, 910. 

Practice marches, 897. 

Service and subcaliber practice, 912. 

Signaling, 926. 

Small-arms practice, 916. 

Submarine mining, 915. 

Target practice, preparation and conduct, 909. 
Intrenching tools, when carried by, 104, 394. 
Kits, field and surplus, when issued to, 394. 
Mess sergeant, detail, 1001 
Mine companies — 

Care and operation of mine equipment, 1401. 

Designation changed from "torpedo companies" to, 1460. 
Noncommissioned staff- 
Addressed verbally, 984. 

Duties, 983. 

Position at review and inspection, 991. 

Turning out in heavy marching order, 991. 
Observers, number rated, 496. 
Organization, 474. 
Plotters, number rated, 496. 
Reconnaissance instruments for, 435, 436. 
Records of artillery firing, 1374. 
Regiments, provisional, authorized, 486. 
Repairs, upkeep, etc., of fortifications, made by, 71(>. 
Transportation, allowance for companies, 1531. 
Coast Artillery Reserves: 

Boards, examination of officers and certain enlisted men, 617. 
Coast Artillery School: 

Regulations governing, 877 (c). 



278 INDEX. 

I Numbers refer to paragraplis when not otherwise indicated.] 

Coast Defenses: 

Inspection by- 
Artillery district commander, 02. 
Artillery district ordnance ollicer, (12. 
District artillery engineer, t)2, Go. 
District engineer officers, (>3. 
Ordnance ofiicers, 04. 
Signal Corps, 64, 6.5. 
Inspectors to test troops in service of mal6riel, 105. 
.loint army and militia exercises, 962. 
I'hotographs of, 722. 
Visitors, 722. 

(See Fortifications, p. 304.) 
Coats: 

Inspection for condemnation— 
In Philippines Division, 297. 
White summer, recruiting parties, 294. 
(See Uniform, p. 415.) 
Coat-Strap: 

Inspection for condemnation, .3-30. 
Code. (See Telegraphic Code, p. 410.} 
Coffee: 

Liquid, payment of commulalioii lo men ordered on journeys, 1304. 
Collections: 

Paymasters', checks for deposit of, 148. 
Colleges: 

Civil institutions — 
Inspection- 
Annual of military depaitnients, 52. 
Ordnance and signal property for condemnation, 341. 345. 
(See Service Schools, p. 398.) 
Colors: 

Inspection for condemnation, 299, 300. 
Silken, action of surveying oflicer, 300, 1496. 
(Sec Flag. p. 303.) 
Color Sersreant: 

Battalion and squadron, detail, uniform, etc., 1000. 
Cominand: 

Army posts and camps, liy militia officers. 960. 
Mixed corps, 954. 

Troops of the .\nny, by oflicers of the Marine Corps, 955. 
Commanding Officer: 

Anns and equipments- 
Having and wearing, 1072. 
Inspection and verification, 1070, 1071. 
Claims, soliciting on re.servation.s, etc., prevention, 058. 
<'lerical aid, facilities, etc., for inspectors general, 29. 
Drawing and returning saber at review, 630. 
Extra and si>ecial duty mon. 89. 
Hospital-fund in.spection, 793. 

irregularities and deficiencies reported by inspectors- 
Correction by, 124. 

Report of remedial action, 124, 128, 129. 
Statement of, to be furni.shed to, 124. 



INDEX. 279 

I Nnmbprs refer to paragraphs when not othorwii?e indicated.] 

ramniandintif Officer— Continued. 

Otricers' mounts for which additional pay is drawn, duties, 10(i9. 

Orderly for, how selected, 809. 

Orders- 
Expenditure of money, issued by, 199. 
To inspect his troops or affairs, to be made known to, 19. 

Rations appropriate for the particular service to be determined by, 1293. 

Survey reports on property, 14S5, 1487. 

Swimming, duties of, 928. 

Tentage, allowance fixed by, when, 1517. 

Troops on transports— 

.\ssuming command, 500-.50.3. 

Designation, etc., 500. 

Discipline, responsibility, .500. 

Record books, post, 528. 

Report by, 505. 

Status of transport quartennaster with reference to, 509. 

LTnifonn. responsil>ility for the having and wearing by troops, 1070, 1072. 

(See Post Commander, p. 365.) 
Commands: 

Inspection — 

By inspectors general, how often made, 41. 
By post commanders, monthly, 58. 
Special. 41. 
("oniiiu'iKiations: 

Reports of inspections- 
Arrangement, 111. 

Commanders commended, names to be given, 115. 
Extracts, officers, 121-123. 
t'ommlssarles: 

.Abstracts of sales and issues, checking of entries liy, 1480. 

Duties of, not to be delegated to commissary sergeants, 988, 1066, 1480. 

Field cooking equipment, supply, issue, care, etc., 4.58-461, 463, 466, 408. 

Funds in personal possession, 223-225. 

Inventory, monthly, 1237. 

Money accounts, inspection, 141, 142. 

Records, 13SI. 
Commissary Seraeaiit. (See Post Commissary Sergeant, p. 367.) 
Common Carrier: 

I'nblic property lost or damaged in hands of, 1213. 
Communications: 

Cal>le for, furnished by Signal Corps, 723(6). 

Fortifications, lines, etc., furnished by Signal Corps, 723(&). 

(See Correspondence, p. 284.) 
Commutation. (See Rations, p. .381.) 
Companies: 

.\gents for laundries. 768. 

iVnibulance. (See Ambulance Companies, p. 248.) 

Articles of War, reading to, 543. 

Baking of bread, cakes, and pies by, 1038-1040. 

Changing station- 
China and glassware, procedure, 1505. 



280 INDEX. 

I Numlipi-s rofor to paragraphs wliou uot otherwise indicatod.] 

Com panles— Continued . 

Changing station— Continued. 

Not to talce certain— 

Ordnance properly, 12()3. 
Quartennaster's supplies, 1225. 
Subsistence property (to Philippines), 1240. 

To take certain — 

Ordnance property, 1204. 
Quartermaster's supplies, 1225. 
Cows and hogs, kept by a troop. 771. 
Engineer- 
Engineer equipment for, 432. 

Position at ceremonies, 637. 

Recruits, .selection, complaints as to character, etc., 1427. 

Test of engineer equipment at drill, etc.. 901. 
Enlisted strength and composition, 4S4. 
Field Artillery, old and new designations, 495. 
Historical record of independent, 137(i. 
Inspections by companj'^ commander, 55. 5("i. 
Litter, supply, and readiness for u.se, 1537. 
Machine-gun, organization, 487. 
Military prison, authorized, 478. 
Mine. (See Coast Artillery Corps, p. 27G.) 
Mounted, facilities for police and hauling, 1534. 
Neat'.s-foot oil, supply for .shoe dressing, 1448. 
Nonconunissioned ofhcers' .schools, 882. 

Orders, disposition of division or dep:xrtment , upon relief of, 1375. 
Ordnance property, excess and surplus, 33. 
Philippine Scouts, enlisted strength, lOlC). 
Records, 1371-1378, 1382. 
Recruit depot- 
Authorized, 477. 

Noncommissioned officers, temporary appointment, 1002. 
Signal Corps— 

Extended-order drill, 924. 

Position at ceremonies, 637. 
Subsistence stores, sales on monthly payments to. 1478. 
Tableware. (See Tableware, p. 409.) 
Tentage, allowance to be kept in the, 1521. 
Wagon company, organization, 1528. 
Company Commander: 
Ammunition — 

Inspection by, 362. 

Sale to soldiers for hunting, 361. 

Storage in company storeroom, 363. 
Clothing issues, supervision to prevent overdrawing, 1567. 
Command of l)attalion, 576. 
Company fund — 

Account kept by, 778. 

Depositing, transferring, etc., 731. 

(Sec Funds, p. 306.) 
Diseases, prevention, 685, 687. 



INDEX. 281 

[Numbers refer to paragraiihs when uot otherwise indicated.] 

Company Coiiiinanrter— Continued. 

Enlisted men messing separately, — . 
Order for subsistence stores, 1300. 
I'ayment of ration savings, 1299. 
Equipment prescribed for inspection l)y, 56. 
Inspections — 

Company, its uniform and equipment, 56. 
Daily !)y, 65. 
Weekly by, 56. 
Instruction, latitude, control, etc., by, S9(), 899. 
Noncommissioned odicers — 

Reproof in presence of privates, 999. 
Selection, instniction, upholding, 998. 
I'roperty responsibility of, can not be transferred To enlisted men, 1188. 
Punisliment of enlisted men without trial. 127.S. 
Ration, emergency, responsibilitj' of, 1297. 
Retained papers relative to company property, 1373. 
Rifle, supervision over dismounting and assembling, 422. 
Shoe^, fit to he super\-ised by, 1444. 
Uniform- 
Appearance of, enlisted men, lo(i3. 
Fitting of. IJoT. 

Inspection going on pass, etc., 1563. 
Prescril cd for inspection by, 56. 
Company Exchanges: 

Prohibited, 7(i5, 1105. 
Company Fund. (See Funds, p. .306.) 
Company Property: 

Packing, explosives, matches, etc., 1228. 
Retained papers relative to, 1373. 
Compasses: 

Field Artillery personnel, for inspections, drills, etc., 431. 
Compensation: 

Injuries, employees, 6,')6. 
Complaints: 

Inspector's own views and conclusions as to, 92. 
Investigation of, 92, 93. 

Recruits for Engineer companies, character, 1427. 
Reports dealing w ith. 92, 93. 
Comptroller of the Treasury: 

Jurisdiction of, as to fi.King responsibility for loss of public property, 1214. 
Computation of Time: 
Services, rules, 194. 
Conclusions: 

Reports of inspections- 
Based, as far as practicable, on inspector's observations, 117. 
Commands, efficiency, discipline, and instruction, 111. 
Complaints, inspector's own \-iews and. to be given, 92. 
(Juns, pitting, 92. 
Irregularities and deficiencies. 92. 
Recruiting stations, 117. 
Recruits, unfitness, 92. 
Subjects for action of higher authority, 92, 112, 



282 INDEX. 

I Numbers refer to paragraplis when nnl otherwise indicated.] 

Conclusions— Continued. 

Reports of inspections — Continued. 
Supplies, inferior quality, 92. 

Supply departments failing to meet conditions, 92. 
Reports, special, on subjects for action of hi{;her authority, 112. 
Cundeiiined Animals: 

Uranding I. C. on, 1169. 

'I'ransf(!r to bureau of science, Philippine Islands, liso. 
Coiuleiiined Property: 

Certificate of officer witnessing destruction of, form, 27,5. 
Ordnance and ordnance stores, issue to soldiers' homes, 1272. 
Purchase by responsible or surveying ofTicer, or inspector, 1203. 
Reinspection of, 274. 
Sales- 
Auctioneer's account of, 1202. 
Auction, military personnel bidding, 1204. 
Authority for — 

Army Regulations, 1201. 
Law, 243-240, 248-251. 
Blankets, 295. 
Clothing, uniform, 295. 
Food and drugs, 252, 309, 312. 
Shipment of blankets and clothing from Manila to San Francisco, 297. 
Turned in to depot, may l)e destroyed or broken up, when, 272. 
Conduetors: 

Fortifications. suppUed by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Conduits: 

Flexible metallic, 723(c). 
"Confidential": 

Communications — 

Responsibility of persons receiving, 1338. 
Use in, of the word, 1338. 
Consress: 

Army transports- 
Sale or disposal, consent of, 539. 
Transportation for memliers, 530. 
Information, official, furnishing to, 052, 1332. 
Legislation, applying for, influencing, etc., 051, 052. 
I'ower of, relative to putilic property, 243. 
Reports of inspections of money accounts, to be sent to, 131. 
Construction: 

Inspection and report upon new, by post commander, 1000. 
Contagious Diseases: 
Prevention by— 

Administration of typhoid prophylactic, CkSO. 
Personal hygiene, 0S5, OSO. 

Temperance and morality, especially in the Tropics. 0'<7. 
Troops ordered for foreign ser\'lce, 525. 
Contractors: 

Control of, and their employee.-^, during consinicuuu ;ii po.sts. 04.5, 646. 
Contracts: 

Annulment or modifieation, (iii'J. 
liondsmen, instructions relative to, 062. 
Convict labor on Government, 670. 



INDEX. 283 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs wlieu not otherwise indicated.] 

C'ontrjicts — Continued. 

Copy for Department of the Interior — 

Inspectors' inquiries as to sending of, 140. 
Regulations requiring forwarding of, (i(«. 
Expenditure in excess of appropriations, 221. 
Food and drugs, standard, 09. 

Inspection of raw material used by manufacturers, 74. 
Meals and lodging, recruiting parties, 007. 
Persons in the military service, 210, C6(), (i(J7. 
Post commander to scrutinize, 1064. 

Post exchange has no authority to bind the United States, 1085. 
Public animals for mounted service, 1165. 
Regulations and instructions, 661-670. 
Rented telpphones, Corps of Engineers, 064. 
Services, personal, in excess of legal allowance, 009. 
(See Purchases, p. 378.) 
Contract Surgeons: 
Authorized, 474. 
Campaign badges for, 0.51. 
Duties which may be performed by, 071. 
Enlisted men, respect and obedience, 672. 
i/^uarters, 1284. 
Contributions: 
Political, 650. 
Presents, soliciting, 1106. 
Conventional Signs: 

Fire-control stations, 1337. 
Inspection of money accounts, 142(p). 
Convict Labor: 

Government contracts, 670. 
Convicts: 

Ex-convicts, applicants foi enlistment, 1399. 
(See Prisoners, p. 370.) 
Cooking: 

Field training in individual, 895, 1296. 
Cooking Equipment: 
Field- 
Commissaries at posts, duties as to stock and issue, 458, 459. 
Field ranges — 

Allowance, possession of organizations, for use in camps, 463. 
Care and responsiljility for, 459, 460, 406. 
Installation and operation, 461. 
Issue on memorandum receipts, 459, 4ti0. 
Preparation for pack transportation, 461. 
I'ortable gas cooker, 468. 
Reserve supply to be kept at posts, 458. 
Cooks: 

Aprons, purchase from company fund, 754. 
Disrating prior to discharge, 1007. 
Extrapay, 7.36, 762,787. 
Hospital Corps, acting, authorized, 474. 
Inspection- 
Efficiency of graduates of training schools, 79. 
Where held, 88. 



284 INDEX. 

I Numbers rofpr to i>nrngiii|ilis w In-n iiut othorwise indientod.] 

Cooks— Continued. 

Instruclion of noncommissioned ollic-ers as, ST.S. 
Khaki trousers for, purchase from company fund, 755. 
Machine-pim platoon, detail, 489. 
Mine-planter detachment, 480. 
Muster, 88. 
I'ost duties, 8S. 

Service .schools for, S77(/), (l), (m). 
Target practice, 88. 
White uniforms issued to, 754. 
("opJos: 

Of contracts to be furnished Department of the Interior, 140, 665. 
Official, use of impres,sed stamp in making, 1324. 
Papers establishing validity of vouchers, 19t'>. 
Corporals: 

I.ance, appointment, KKm;. 
Corps of Enulneers: 

Hoard, appointment second lieutenant from civil life, 5%. 
lioards of engineers, ti06, 607. 
Engineer companies — 

Engineer equipment for, 432. 

I'osition at ceremonies, 637. 

Hecruits, selection, complaints as to character, etc., 1427. 

'i'est of engineer equipment at drill, etc., 901. 
Enlisted strength, 483. 
Inspection- 
Coast defenses by district engineer ollicers. 63. 

Fortification and river and harbor property for condemnation, by officers of 
319. 
Instruction of officers entering, scheme, 900. 
Organization, 474. 

Survey of fortification and river and harbor property by officers of, 1489. 
(■See Engineer Department, p. 296.) 
Correspondence: 

Abbreviations to lie used- 

.•\. K. for Army Regulations, 1336. 

Designations of flre-control stations, 1337. 

K. S. for Revised Statutes, 1336. 
,\ddress and designation of detailed staff officers, 1322. 
Battalion and squadron commanders as channels. 99. 577. 
Rusiness methods for administrative headquarters, 1318. 
rhanncls ot conmmnicalioii — 

Battalion and squadron commanders, W. :-", . 

Department commander, 1343. 

Direct, 1341, 1343. 

Division commander, 1342, 1343. 

Regulations, general, governing, 1340. 
Chiefs of Rureaus— 

.\s intermediate commanders, 1341. 

Direct, 1341. 

For action or signature of Secretary of AVar. instructions, 1351, 1352. 

Through the staff assistants, 1344. 



INDEX. 285 

I NnmliPi'S refer to paragraplis wUeu not otlievwise indicated.] 

Correspondence— Continued. 
Chiefs of Bureaus— Continued 
With ohicers on duty at— 
Recruit depots, 134S. 
Recruiting stations, 1348. 
United States Military Prison, 1348. 
With those not under their command or direction, 1344. 
Commander through his staff oflicer, 1341. 
Communications- 
Addressed to the Adjutant Cieneral, may contain request for speciQo action 

thereon, 1347. 
Addressing, through the Adjutant General, prohibited, 1347. 
"Confidential" — 

Responsibility of persons receiving, 133S. 
Use in. of the word, 133S. 
Copies of papers establLsliing the validity of vouchers, 190. 
Forwarding of, duties of commanders, 1345. 
Officers failing to make prompt reply to, 1335. 

Presenting or submitting, for signature or action of Secretary of War, instruc- 
tions, 1351, 1352. 
Record and action at administrative headciuarters, 131S. 
Signatures - 

Acting Inspector General, title, when used, 1323. 
Detailed staff officers, title, 1322. 
Facsimiles prohibited, 1321. 
" In charge of office," 1323. 
Pen to be used, 1321. 

Rank, regiment, etc., attached, 1321-1323. 
Suspensions in money accounts to bf» promptly explained. 212. 
Debts of soldiers to merchants, 1334. 
Destroying or carrying away public, 1330. 
Headquarters, method of transacting oflicial business, 131S. 
Information, furnishing from, 652, 1279, 1331, 13.32. 
Inks, colored, use in, 1325. 
Insjjectors' duties as to unnecessary, 98. 
Marine Corps- 
Detached for service with Army, 9,j3. 
Orders to, on Army transports, 950. 
Office of the Chief of Staff, regulations govcrnini,'. !3.J0. 
"Olhcial copy," by impressed stamp, 1324. 
Post commanders to reduce, by interviews, 1052. 
Reduction of, to devote more time to instruction, 899, 1358. 
Regulations, general, governing, 1.339. 
Routine mattes, disposal of, by interview, 1.3.58, 
Squadron commander as channel, 99. 

Tran.sfer of supplies from one post to another, channels, 134G. 
With Division of Militia Affairs, 1349. 
Writer, signature, rank, etc., 1321-1.323. 
Correspondence Book: 
Hand records, 1.308. 
Indelible pencil may be used in, 1327. 
Instructions for use of, 1.320. 



286 INDEX. 

I X\iinliers refer l<i paragraphs wlion noi dthci-wise indicatpcl. ] 

Cost Trice: , 

Articles on inventory and inspection rejwrts, instructions to inspectors general, 
270. 
Councils of Adiiiinl.stration: 

Uegiihitions, 7,3S, 941. 1041, 10,58. 
Counter- IJecoll Sprlnss: 

Mortar carriages, painting and removal of old paint, 849, 850. 
CountornTlahts: 

Disappearing carriages, prevention of th('ft, 854. 
Courts- Martial: 

Loaning of records for use, of, 1.3.3.3. 

Retired officers eligible for detail on, 1437. 
Courts of Inquiry: 

Retired officers eligible for detail on, 1437. 
Covers. (See Breech Covers, p. 266, and Muzzle Covers, p. 351.) 
Cows: 

Hospital fund, use for purchase of, 785. 

Keeping at national cemeteries, 981. 

Troop, limited to three, 771. 
Crating: 

Money allowance for baggage, bti5. 
Crates: 

Empty, accummulations at depots, etc., how disposed of, 1198, 1199. 

Packing, care, etc., 1230. 

Subsistence .stores, issued or .sold, title to, 1200. 
Crows: 

Transports, uniform. 1.57 1. 
Cuba: 

Disbursing officers, funds in personal possession, 227. 
Cupboards: 

Installation in battle commanders' stations, 606. 
Cups: 

Inspection of tin and aluminum, for condemnation, 330. 

Tin, how carried, 396. 
Currycombs: 

Inspection for condemnation, .3.30. 
Cuspidors: 

For buildings occupied or used by enli.sted men, 1233. 
Customs Duties: 

Payment of, on imported public property, 228. 
Debts: 

Enlisted men's, to — 

Company fund, 767. 772-774. 
Merchants, correspondence, 1334. 
Post exchange. 774, 1089. 

Private, stoppage of pay to .satisfy, 2.30. 

Outstanding, when a disbursing officer is relieved, 206. 
Defects and Dellolencles. (See Irregularities and Deficiencies, p. 340.) 
Defenses: 

Penalty for disclosure of secrets, etc., 1279. 

Post commander's responsibility as to condtion of, lO.'iO. 

(See Coast Defenses, p. 278.) 



INDEX. 287 

[Xiimbers: rofer to ptuagraplis wlieu not otherwise indicated.] 

Deflection Boards: 

Fortifications, supplied by Ordnance Department, 723 (c). 
Dental Corps: 

Acting dental surgeons- 
Appointment, pay, etc., law, (;7.3. 
Quarters, 1284. 

Status as to obedience, etc., from enlisted men, 672. 
Board, appointments in, .594. 
Campaign badge for dental sm-geons, 651. 
Dental supply table, 676. 

Dental surgeons, appointment, pay, status, etc., law, 673. 
Dental work for soldiers, material to be u.sed, 67.5. 
Organization, 474. 
Kecords, 1382. 

Regulations governing, 67.3-675. 
Dental Supply Table: 676. 
Dental Surgeons. (See Dental Corps, above.) 
Department Commander: 
.Vnnual report, 368. 
Correspondence — 

Communications, reports and returns, what to pass through, 1343. 
Forwarding communications, duties of, 1345. 

Reduction of, so that ma.ximum time may be devoted to instruction, 1.358. 
With those under and not under his command, 1344. 
Inspections — 
Mileage, 39. 

Reports of remedial action on defects, etc., noted by inspectors, 124. 
Special, involving travel, 40. 

Tours, duties during, stay at posts, etc., 66, 899, 1028. 
Troops, by, 06, 899, 1028. 

Instruction of troops, duties, etc., 66, 899, 902, 1028. 
Investigations — 
Mileage, 39. 

Special, involving travel, 40. 
O iricers— 
Field— 

Anmial test of physical condition and riding, 1028. 
Private mounts of, necessity for owning, etc., 1129, 1130. 
Physical condition for active service, duties of, 1026, 1028. 
Po.st noncommissioned staff, military control at ungarrisoned posts, 993. 
Public animals, use regulated by, 1161. 
Recruits at recruit depot posts, control, 142!. 
Refrigerators, removal from buildings, 1221. 
Signal Corps posts at which there are signal depots, 1449. 
Signaling, duties of, 925. 
Staff, 145C. 

Telegraphic code, test messages, 10<)S. 
Department of the Interior: 

Copy of each contract to be sent to, 140, 605. 
Depositaries: 

-Vceounts, separate, with, 205. 
National banks, lists of designated, 2:^8. 



288 INDEX. 

I Numbers rofor to paragraphs when not otherwise indit-ated.] 

Depositaries — Continued. 
Tublic moneys- 
Distribution of, between, 2;{9. 
'I'ransfer of, from one to another, 240. 
Statements to — 

Administrative officers, 2.'i7. 
Disbursing officers, 218, 219, 2.'?5, 236. 
Inspectors, 2.57. 
Deposits: 

Company funds, how made, 731. 
(See I'ublic Moneys, p. 372.) 
Depots: 

Commanding officer, report of remedial action on defects, etc. , 124, 128. 
Designated for turning in of— 

Condemned blankets and clothing, 2).')-297. 
Odd articles of dotliing, 298. 
Ordnance property. (See -Vrsenals, p. 256.) 

Reconnaissance, drafting and surveying instruments, engineer properly, "22. 
Submarine-mine property, 288. 
Inspection — 

Assignment, 13.5. 

By whom and how often made, 41, 68. 
Normal conditions desired, 34, 110. 

(Quartermaster's, notification to Quarterma-ster (ieneral of proposed, 36. 
Reports of, addressing and forwarding, 68, 118, 1 19. 
Reports of remedial action on defects, etc., 124, 128. 
Scope, subjects to be inquired into, etc., 68, 110. 
Supplies, purchase and distribution of, llO(j). 
Medical supply, records, 1382. 
Public property- 
Condemned— 

Blankets and clothing, storage and renovation at, ?).'). 
Destruction of, turned in to, 272. 
Empty barrels, scrap, etc., how disposed of, 1198, 1199. 
Record card siystem not extended to, 1317. 
Remount. (See Remount Depots, p. 388.) 
Signal, control, etc., 1449. 
Descriptive and Assignment Cards: 
A. [)plicants for enlistment, 1.398(d). 
Descriptive Cards: 

I'ublic animals transferred, 1379. 
Descriptive List: 

Designation "Descriptive List, Military Record, and Statement of .Vccounts," 

changed to, 1372. 
Post noncommissioned staff at ungarrisoned posts, where ke|)t, 993. 
Deserters: 
Debts due 

Company fund, 772. 
Post exchange, 774. 
Public property carried away by, etc., 1209. 
Desertions: 

Inspectors to investigate abnormal, 84. 



INDEX. 289 

I Numbers rofer to paragraphs when uot otherwise indicated.] 

Ih'sks: 

FieUi, comraissary, allowance for camps, 4t)-'-. 
Hetached Service: 

Commencemeni and termination of, U. 
Graduates of service schools and Stall College, 1459. 
Line oUicers, not exceeding 200, detached, status, etc., 494. 
Uetachinents: 

Agents for laundries, 768. 
Casuals, embarkation on transports, 508. 
Commander, inspections, 55, 56. 
Enlisted strength and composition- 
Headquarters, 481. 
Military Academy, 475. 
Mine planters, 480. 

Mounted orderlies. Field Artillery, 482. 
Mounted scouts, 481. 
Remount depots, 479. 
Service schools, 476. 
Fund, regarded as company fund, 779. 
Ordnance. (See Ordnance Detachments, p. 359.) 
Ration and savings account, 1299. 
Signal Corps, guard duty, 811. 
Subposts, care of armament, etc., 717, 855. 
Details: 
O (fleers — 

Graduates of service schools and Staff College, to Staff Corps or departments, 

1459. 
Not exceeding 200, with the militia, etc., 494, 1459. 
Retired. (See Retired OfTicers, p. 392.) 
To General Staff Corps, 799, 1459. 
To Staff Corps and departments, 493, 1459. 
Using outside influence to secure, 1012. 
Retired noncommissioned officers to educational institutions, 1011. 
Di'vlces: 

Azimuth, error.s in laying of mortars, 910. 
Friction, seacoast carriages, adjustment, 8.38. 
FHITerence Charts: 

When to be used, material for, etc., 726. 
Dl^etng:: 

Near electrical cable at fortifications, 707. 
IHrectlons: 

Blank forms, force and effect of Army Regulations, .581. 
Manufacturers' printed, force of orders, 718. 
Disbursements: 

In.sjiection, necessity, economy and propriety, 131, 1.3(1, 1.37, 142(?). 
Post commander's duties as to economy in, 1064. 
Disbursing Agents. (See Disbursing Officers, below.) 
Disbursing Clerks. (See Disbursing Officers, below.) 
Disbursing Officers: 
Accounts- 
Closing, upon rebonding, 204. 
Examination by post commander, 1050. 
12969°— 12 19 



290 INDEX. 

I Nnnibcrs ri'for to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Disburslu^ Officers- Continued. 
Accounts— Continued. 
Inspection— 

By whom made, 41. 
Closing statements, 241. 

Statement of, to be prepared for inspectors, 142(6), 241, 242. 
(Sec Inspection of Money Account.s, p. i!21.) 
Kept separately under each bond, exception, 204. 
Separate for each depositary, 205. 
Suspensions in, to be promptly explained by, 212. 
(See .Vccounts Current, p. 247.) 
Balances- 
Analyses, 21.3-210, 220. 
Cash— 

Redeposit or disbursement, 228. 
Transfer of, upon rebonding, 204. 
Verification of, before witness, 21."), 216. 
Bonds, 142(0), 201-204. 

Bonds, inspection of money accounts, 142(o). 
Checks- 
List of outstanding to be prepared for inspectors, 142(6). 
(See Checks and Check Stubs, pp. 271, 272.) 
Claims against the X'nited States, purchase by, 200. 
Copies of papers establishing validity of vouchers, 1%. 
Debts, outstanding when relieved, 20(i. 
Deceased, board of officers, 005. 
Depositary statements to, 21S, 219, 235, 230. 
Deposits of public moneys — 

Depositary accounts to be designated, 205. 

Distribution of, between depositaries, 2.39. 

Miscellaneous receipts, 1G9, 170. 

Not available for disbursement, 109. 

Penalty for failure to make, according to law, 228. 

Proceeds of sales, 169, 170. 

Rebonding, 204. 

Receipts for, form, 228. 

Regulations of Treasury Department governing, 228. 

To be made — 

Promptly, 222, 223. 
Within 30 days, 222. 
Disbursement of tmdeposited funds authorized, when, 223, 228. 
Disbursements to be economically made, 1004. 
Disbursing for more than one staff department, 147. 
District of Columbia, payment of salaries in cash, 228. 
Draft, bill of exchange, or international money order, purchase by, 198. 
Due bills, issue of vouchers as, 197. 

Duties upon being relieved, change of .station, etc., 20t', 228, 241. 
Final statements, purchase by, 209. 
Funds- 
Distribution of, between depositaries, 239. 
Lost or misapplied, relief of, 229, 1500. 
Personal possession — 
Alaska, 227. 



INDEX. 291 

I Xumbers refer to paragrai)hs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Disbarsin^- Officers— Continued. 
Funds— Continued . 

Personal possession — Continued. 
Authority of— 
Law, 228. 

Seeretarj' of Treasury, 228. 
Secretary of War, 223-228. 
Commissaries, 22-3-225. 
Cuba, 227. 

District of Columbia, 228. 
Mine planters, subsistence, 226. 

Philippine Islands, 227. ; 

Porto Rico, 227. 
Recruiting officers, 224. 
Transport commissaries, 225. 
Gambling, 207. 

Inspection. (See Inspection of Money Accounts, p. 321.) 
Ordnance Department, instructions governing financial operations, 234. 
Payments. (See Payments, p. 361.) 
Penalty for falsification of accounts and reports, 231 . 

Purchases — i 

Made abroad, 198. 

Or sales, interest in, prohibited, 208. 
Supplies, from persons in the military service, 210. 
(See Purchases, p. 378.) 
Rebonding, 204. 

Receipts. (See Receipts, p. 382.) 
Records — 

Inspection of, 137. 
Transfer of, when reheved, 20ti. 
Relieved, duties, 206. 
Sales, interest in, prohibited, 208. 
Signatures, official, to be furnished depositary, 228. 
Transfers of public moneys, 187, 204, 206, 228, 240. 
Vouchers. (See Vouchers, p. 418.) 

Dlsrharge: 

Enlisted men- 
Certificate of, issue in case of assumed name, 684. 

Character given on, 622, 682. 

Cooks, artificers, saddlers, etc., disrating prior to, 1007. 

Designated for tour in Philippines, 680. 

Disability, 677, 1423. 

Executed, can not be revolted, unless obtained by fraud, 683. 

Noncommissioned ofTicers, reduction prior to, 1007. 

Ordered to the United States for, 679. 

Post noncommissioned staff, for inefhciency or misconduct, 990. 

Purchase of, regulations, 681. 

Recruits at depot posts, 1423. 

Term of service expiring at sea, 678. 

Typewriter, use in preparing, 1326. 
Discipline: 

General duties of inspectors general relative to, 8. 

Officers neglecting to reply to oflicial communications, 1335. 



292 INDEX. 

I Xiimbers refer to parngraplis w heu not otlicrwiso indicated.] 

Disriplioe— Continued. 
On transports - 

Civilian employees, 531, u32. 
Civilians tra^■eling, 511, 532. 
Navy and Marine Corps, 534. 
Troops traveling, 500. 
Recmitsat depot-posts, 1423. 
Reports of inspections, conclusions. 111. 
Di.seases: 

Hygienic care of the person, garrison training, 894. 
Trevention of, dSo-OST. 
District Artillery Engineer: 
Inspections by, 02, ()5. 
Records, 1387, 138S. 

Repairs pertaining to his responsibility, 713. 
District Jlngineer Ollicer: 

Inspection of coast defenses by, (i::. 
Repairs to fortifications, 714, 710. 
District of Columbia: 

Dislmrsing oific-ers, funds in personal possession, 228. 
Division Commander: 
Annual report, 300, 308. 

Army transports, reports of arrival and departure, .500. 
Correspondence — 

Communications, reports and returns, what to pass directly between posts 

and, 1343. 
P'orwarding communications, duties of, 1345. 

Reduction of, so that maximum time may be devoted to instruction, l."{58. 
With those under and not under his command, 1344. 
Disbursing ollicers gambling, 207. 
Expenditures, economy in, 07. 
Ice, increase or decrease of allowance, 871. 
Inspections — 

By or under direction of — 
Arsenals, 08. 
Depots of supplies, 08. 
General hospitals, 68. 
Places, except the Military Academy, at which officers and men are on 

duty, 08. 
Recniit depots, 08, 1422. 
Recniiting stations, 08. 

United States Military i'rison, and branch, 08. 
Irregularities and defects reported, correction by, 118. 
Mileage for, .39. 
Militia, 53. 
Reports- 
Action on 118, 121, 123, 124. 

Arsenals, depots, etc., made by, or under direction of, 08. 
Extracts from, to otliccrs, 121. 
Verbal, by inspectors general, to, 37. 
Special, involving travel, 40. 
Troops, by, 07. 
Ungarrisoned posts, 120. 



INDEX. 293 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated. 1 

Division Commander— Continued. 

Inspector General, status of, 10. 

Inspectors, special, to inspect property, designation by, 254, 255. 

Instruction of troops, 67. 

Inventory and inspection reports, approval, 277-279, 282, 2s7. 

Investigations- 
Mileage for, 39. 
Special, involving travel, -10. 

Orders- 
Inspections, economical plan, 135. 
Involving expenditure of money, 199. 

Public property — 

Duties as to care, expenditure, etc., 67. 

Memoranda of head of Staff Department to guide, 271. 

Ordnance, without action of an inspector, 335. 

Recruiting stations and recruit depots, control, 68, 1422. 

Signal Corps posts at which there are signal depots, administration, 1449. 

Staff, 1456. 

Subsistence supplies, increase or decrease of allowances of certain, by, 1483. 

Troops, duties as to efficiency, etc., 67. 
Division Engineers: 

To inspect fortification and river and harbor property, 319. 
Division of Militia AlTairs: 

Correspondence with, 1349. 

Militia inspections, 53. 
Divisions: 

Organization for instruction, etc., 490, 1456. 
Dool(s: 

Sentinels at, duties, 812. 
Document File: 

Authorized, 1319. 

Band records, 1368. 
Dogs: 

Shipment on transports, 518. 

Tax on, collection by post exchange, 1086. 
Donations: 

Unserviceable property, through action of Inspector General's Department, 27<). 
Doors: 

Emplacement, to be kept open during service practice, 719. 
Drafting: Instruments: 

Depots designated for turning in, 322. 

Inspection, for condemnation, 322. 
Drafts: 

Bank, purchase of, 198. 
Drawing Instruments: 

Fortifications, supplied by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Dressing: 

Equipments, harness, etc., 450. 

Neafs-foot oil for shoes, 1448. 

Russet-leather, storage and care, 1195. 
Dress Parade: 

One-company post, 639. 



891 INDEX. 

[ Numbers refer to paragraphs wlien uot otherwise indicated.] 

Drill: 

Cavalry saddle, packing, 4 IS. 

Coast Artillery, who may be excused from, 913. 

Department commander's duties relative to, 60, 899, 90_', Uris. 

Division commander's duties relative to. 67. 

Engineer companies, engineer equipment to be used, 901. 

E.xtended order. Signal Corps companies, 924. 

Extra and special duty men, 89, 9i;5. 

Field training, 895. 

Garrison training, 894. 

Inspections— 

Rayonet instniction, 80. 
Coast .\rlillery post- 
Commanders to conduct, 105. 
I'rimers and lanyards, 107. 
Service of defense materiel, test, 105. 
Field .\rtillery, 79, 101-10:5. 
Mobile troops, 79. 
Prisoners, attendance at, 11 10. 
Reports of inspeciions to show those held, 111, 113. 

Suspension of Coast .Artillery, during installations by Signal Corps, 699. 
(See Instruction, p. 335.) 
Drill Primers: 

Allowance, when to be used, etc., 351. 
Drill Kesulatlons: 

Accountixl for, how, 285. 
Inspected for condemnation, 285. 
Machine-gun organizations, 936. 
Turning in to War Department, 285. 
(Sc(! I'ublications, p. 37U.) 
Drui^s. (See Medicines, p. 348.) 
Duiiiiiiy Projectiles: 

Prevention of sticking at drill, 3,>S. 
Duplicates: 

Vouchers, money, making of, limited. 192. 
Educational Institutions: 
■ Inspection— 

.\nnual, of military department's, 52. 
Ordnance and signal property for condemnation. 341, 345. 
Noncommissioned officers, retired, detail to. 1011. 
Retired ofTicers — 

Detail, laws, regulations, etc., 1442. 
Not " n^quired to be mounted," 1438. 
Eflldenoy: 

-Vrmy, duties of inspectors-general relative to, 8. 
Troops, conclusions, reports of inspections, 111. 
Eight-Hour lia«: 
Exceptions, 641. 
Law and regulations, 688, 689. 
Reports of infractions, 690. 
Eiectrirai Apparatus: 

Signal property, inspection for condemnation of expensive, 343. 



INDEX. 295 

[Numbers rofer to paragraphs wliea not otherwise indicated. 1 

Electrical Appliances: 

Fortifications, light and power furnished by Engineer Department, 723(o). 
Inspection for condemnation- 
Engineer, 315. 
Signal, 342. 
Inventory and inspection reports- 
Approval, 279(d). 
Preparation, 315, 342. 
Manufacturers' printed directions, force of orders, 71S. 
Kleetrical Clocks: 

Fortifications, supplied by Signal Corps, 723(6). 
Electrical Installations: 

Insptxtion for condemnation — 
Engineer, 315. 
Signal, 342. 
Inventory and inspection reports — 
Approval, 279(d). 
Preparation, 315, 342. 
Electrical Instruments: 

Fortifications, supplied by Signal Corps, 723(6). 
Kleetrical Machines: 
Engineer property — 

Condemned parts to be preserved, 316. 
Inspection for condemnation, 316. 
Kleetrical Measuring Instruments: 

Unserviceable, instructions as to guarante(;d, 1249. 
Electrician Sergeants: 

Addressed verbally, how, 984. 
Arms and equipments, 384. 
Position at review and inspection, 991. 
Turning out in heavy marching order, 991. 
Klectric Llaht: 

Proceeds of sales of surplus, 172. 
Klectric plants: 
Fortifications — 

Central, supplies for, 723(a), (d). 
Installation of lighting or power circuits, danger, 706. 
Post lighting, 712. 

Supplies and repairs, Quartermaster's Department, 723(<i). 
Transfer, change, increase of load, etc., 710, 711. 
Elevation: 

Maximum firing, for mortars, 823. 
Seacoast guns, not in use, 822. 
Elevation Scales: 

Seacoast guns, computation, 828. 
Embezzlement: 

Public moneys, 22S. 

Public property, by a civilian employee, 1210. 
Emplacement Book: 
Inspection of. lOS. 

Regulations and instructions, 1361-1363. 
Emplacements: 

Care, etc., responsibility of battery commander, 715. 
Doors and windows, during service practice, 719. 



296 INDEX. 

I Numbers rofpr to pariigrnphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Emplaconients — Continued. 

Inspection after taming over to coast arlillery, 697. 
Keys, responsibility, etc., 709. 
Repairs, upkeep, etc., by troops, 71(i 
Stencils for marking, 723(c). 
Employees, (See Civilian Employees, p. 273.) 
Encampment: 

Coast .Vrtillery, annual, 914. 
Engineer Department: 

EmpIoye(>s, control during construction at posts, 646. 
Fortifications — 

Base lines established by, 694. 

Ducts for Signal Corps cable, 723(6). 

Fire-control equipment, type 1909, furnished by, 692. 

Installations, supplies, etc., furnished by, 723(a). 
Records, 1386. 

(See Corps of Engineers, p. 284.) 
Engineer Property: 
Expendable, 1247. 
Inspection for condemnation — 

Boats, 314. 

Electrical and mechanical installations and appliances, 279(d), 315. 

Electrical machines, 316. 

Fortification property, 319. 

Harbor charts, 317. 

Reconnaissance, surveying and drafting instruments, 322. 

River and harbor property, 318-320. 

Transportation for inspectors, 323. 
Inventory and inspection reports — 

.\pproval, 279, 279(d). 

Preparation, 315, 318. 
Sale of river and harbor property, 321. 
Survey of— 

Fortification and river and harbor, 1489. 

Preparation and execution of reports, etc., 1488. 
Engineers: 

Coast Artillery Corps- 
Addressed verbally, how, 984. 

Arms and equipments, 384. 

Position at review and inspection, 991. 

Turning out in heavy marching order, 991. 
Engineer .Schools: 

Regulations governing^ 

Fort Leavenworth, Kans., 877 (<). 

Washington Barracks, D. C, 877 (d). 
(See Service Schools, p. 398.) 
English Language: 

Test for applicants for enlistmeni, 1399. 
Enlisted Men: 

Appointment as post noncommi.ssioned stall, rules, 989. 
Arms and equipments. (See Arms and Equipments, p. 250.) 
.\rrest, summary court cases, 1112. 
Bathing and washing, 685. 



INDEX. 897 

I Xnmbcrs refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Enlisted Men — Continued. 

l^card, 685. 

Bidding at auction sales of Covernment property, 1204. 

Board — 

Appointment as second lieutenant, 595. 

Medical officers at recruit depots, on disabled, 621. 
Buildings used by, visits by post commander and surgeon, 59. 
Certificate of merit awarded, names of, 550. 
Civilian clothing, wearing, 1553. 
Claims, furnishing information as basis, 658. 
Clothing- 
Allowance, how computed at settlement, 1568. 

For use in traveling on transports, 512, 513. 

Soiled, kept in barrack bag, 685. 

(See Lniform, p. 415.) 
Complaints by, 93. 

Contracts for supplies purchased from, 666, 667. 
Contract surgeons, respect and obedience from, 672. 
Debts to — 

Company fund, 767, 772-774. 

Merchants, correspondence, 1334. 

Post exchange, 774, 1089. 
Denial work for, material to be used, 675. 
Discharge. (See Discharge, p. 291.) 
Diseases, prevention, 685-687. 
Hair, 085. 

Instruction. (See Instruction, p. 335.) 
Keys of storerooms or chests, 1193. 
Laimdry charges, credits, etc., 940-942. 
Loaning— 

Company funds to, 776. 

Money at usurious rates of interest, 1277. 
Lodgings. (See Quarters, p. 380.) 
Marriage, permission, 1414. 
Married, share of company fvmd, 758. 
Medals of honor awarded, names of, 547. 
National airs, respect during playing, 863, 864. 
Orderlies, selection, 809. 
Pass, inspection of dress of, 1563. 
Pay- 
Rates of, 1399. 

Stoppage of, to reimburse company or post-exchange funds, etc., 736. 
Prisoners. (See Prisoners, p. 370.) 
Private property. (See Private Property, p. 370.) 
Public property— 

.\ccountability and responsibility of, 1188, 1189. 

Issues by, superintendence, 1192. 

Lost or damaged by neglect or fault of, 1208. 

Telescope cases, 1226. 
Punishment — 

By company commander without trial, 1278. 

Limits of, 1277. 
Quarters. (See Quarters, p. 380.) 



298 INDEX. 

(Numbers refer to pai-agiaphfi when not otherwise indicated.] 

Enlisted Men — Continued. 

Salute, by, to— 

Flag, 862, 864, 865. 
V'eterinarians, 157.'?. 

Sanitation, 685. 

Servants to ollicers, 1142, 1443. 

Shoes. (See Shoes, p. 398.). 

Signal Corps. (See Signal Corps, p. 399.) 

Stall departments, extra duty detail and pay, 994. 

"Star-Spangled Banner," respect during playing, 862-864. 

Subsistence stores, sales on monthly payment, 1476. 

Supplies, purchase from, prohibited, 210. 

Transfer. (See Transfer, p. 412.) 

Uniform. (See Uniform, p. 415.) 
Enlisted Strength: 

Additional sergeants, 485. 

Bands, 475. 

Companies, 484. 

Detachments. (See Detaclunents, p. 289.) 

Machine-gun platoons, 488. 

Regiments, 483. 

Staff departments, 483. 
Enlistments. (See Recruiting Stations, p. 386.) 
Envelopes. (See Penalty Envelopes, p. 362.) 
Equipage: 

Care after u.se, 1521. 
Equipments: 

Bakery, 462-466, 1037. 

Band, ordnance, inspection for condemnation, 330. 

Barrack regulations, 453. 

Care and preservation, 450, 451. 

Company repair kit (ordnance), 454. 

Cooking equipment. (See Cooking equipment, p. 283.) 

Dressing or polishing material for, 450. 

Engineer- 
Commands to be kept supplied with, at all times, 4^i8. 
For organizations and posts, 432-438. 

Engineer companies- 
Issued by Engineer Department, 432. 
Test at drill, etc., 901. 

Field Artillery, gun, pack, and fire control, 429, 430. 

Field, issued by Quartermaster's Department, 456. 

Fitting of, to the men, 452. 

Hospitals, regimental, 442, 443. 

Inspection- 
Coast Artillery as infantry, 104. 
Prescribed for, by organization commander, 56. 
Superior commander or .staff olficer. 77. 

Inspectors general, duties relative to. s. 

Kitchen car, 467. 

Marking, 427, 428, 448, 449, 473. 

Old pattern, serviceable, criticisms, KHI. 



INDEX. 299 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs wlieu uot otherwise indicated.] 

Equipments— Continued. 

Personal and horse- 
Inspection for condemnation, 327-330 333. 
Repair in organizations, 330. 
Sale of, may be recommended by mspectors, .330, note. 

I'olo, inspection for condemnation, 3.30. 

Remarking, 449. 

Repairs, facilities for, 454. 

Serviceable, not to be condemned because unsightly or old pattern, 328, 

Signal Corps, field company, 469. 

Signal outfits, visual, 471, 472. 

(See Arms and Equipments, p. 250.) 

(See Horse Equipments, p. 314.) 
Equitation: 

Garrison training, 894. 

See Riding, p. 393. 
Erasures: 

Checks, to be certified to, 149. 
Escort of the Colors: 

How conducted, 638. 
Estlmatlns Distances: 

Inspection of post, 79. 
Examination. (See Boards of Officers, p. 263.) 
Exehanyes: 

Company, prohibited, 71*5. 

(See Post Exchange, p. 367.) 
Executive Departments: 

Subsistence stores sold to, prices, 1477. 
Expenditures: 

Economy in public, 67, 1064. 

Orders involving, of money, 1057. 

Public property- 
Expendable lists, 559, 1238, 12.39, 1244, 1247, 12(«, 1274, 1463, 1464. 
In the military service, 1211. 
Expert Accountant: 

Civilian, to audit accounts post exchauge, 1081. 

Inspector General's Department, 5. 
Explosives: 

Care, storage, inspection, 352. 

Company or regimental property, packing, 1228. 

Information relative to high, 352. 

Instructions relative to, to be hung in magazines, 352. 
Expositions: 

Attendance of troops at, policy of the War Department, 499. 
Extra and Special Duty Men: 

Drills- 
Attendance, 89. 
Coast Artillery, who may be excused, 913. 

Enlisted men of the staff departments, 9i)4. 

Grooms for officers' private horses, 1142-1144. 

Guard duty, 804. 

Inspections, attendance, 87-89. 

Noncommissiooed officers, detail on extra duty, 995. 



300 INDEX. 

1 Numlters nfor to paragraphs wlion not othorwise indicated.] 

Exfr;i and Spoclal Duty Men— ("ontinued. 
••Oilier duties," attendanee, 89. 
Post noncommissioned staff, 994. 
Extracts from Keports of Insiiortions: 

Favoral)le or unfavorable mention of odicers — 
Channels. 1'22. 
V\ho may furnish, 1'21-123. 
Extra Duty I'iiy: 
Company fund — 
Cooks, 702. 
Gardener, 7tiO. 
Pool table attendant, TtiO. 
Room or lavatory orderly, 7('>1. 
Cooks, bakers, etc., receiving foreign-service pay, 736. 
Enlisted men of the stall depaitments, 994. 
Post noncommissioned stall, 994. 
School teacher, 884. 
Facsimiles: 

Use of, instead of jjen signatures, prohibited, l.jL'l. 
Fairs: 

Attendance of troops at, policy of War ]>eparlmcnl, 499. 
Families: 

Appointment of members of, to civil-service positions, (j54. 
Definition of "family," 654. 
Transportation on Anny transports, 536-538. 
Farriers; 

Disrating prior to discharge, 1007. 
Field veterinary, equipment for, 1570. 
Inspection, efficiency of graduates of training school, 79. 
Instruction of noncommissioned officers as. S7S. 
Service school for, 877(/). 
Fat: 

Savings, subsistence property, on transports, 1241. 
Fatigue Duty: 

By organizations or subdivisions thereof, 800. 
Field Artillery details for post, 803. 
Feed in!?: 

Public animals, 1175. 
Female Nurse Corps. (See Anny Nurse Corps, p. 254.) 
Fetiocks: 

Trimming of, public animals. 1176, 1177. 
Field Artillery: 

Arms and equipments. (See Arms and E(inipments, p. 2.50.) 
Bands, horses for mountain, 1 157. 
Batteries, old and new designations, 495. 
Board, appointment second lieutenant from civil life, 597. 
Compasses, issued to personnel for insp<K;tions, drills, etc, 431. 
Engineering outfits for, 437. 
Enlisted strength, 4*5, 484. 
Equipment- 
Fire-control, 430. 
Gun and carriage, 429. 
Gun and pack outfit for mountain. 429. 
Large parts of, inspe<'tion for condemnation, 331. 



INDEX. 301 

[Numbers refer to i)aragi'ai>lis wlieu not otherwise indicated.] 

Field Artillery— Continued. 
Fatigue duty, post, 803. 

Field glasses, issued to personnel for inspections, drills, etc., 4.31. 
Guard duty, post, 803. 

Gunners, board examination and classification, 619. 
Guns and carriages. (See Guns and Carriages, p. 311.) 
Headquarters detachment, 181. 
Horses, allowance for, in time of peace, 1150. 
Inspection, instruction, 81, 101-103. 
Instruction orders, 906, 907. 
Mares not to be purchased for, 1158. 
Moimted orderlies, 482. 

Officers, instruction in indoor iiring practice, 907. 
Organization, 474. 

Reconnaissance instruments for, 437. 
Records of artillery firing, 1374. 
Riding tests at inspections, 81. 
School of fire for, S77(fc). 

Sergeants, additional, to provide for militia details, 485. 
Telephones, instruction in making ordinary field repairs, 151;1. 
Watches, issued to personnel for inspections, drills, etc., 431. 
Field .VrtUlery Board: 

Composition and duties, 586. 
Field Bakeries. (See Bakeries, p. 259.) 
Field Glasses: 

Condition of, in use and store, 96. 

Field artillery pensonnel, for inspections, drills, etc., 431. 

Fortifications, supplied by Signals Corps, 723(6). 

High power, for machine-gun platoons, 400. 

Inspection for condemnation, 343. 

Marking. 473. 

Sale to olTicers by Signal Corps, 375. 

Visual signal outfit — 

Is.sue, 471. 

Not for personal use of officers, 376. 
Field Hospitals: 

Arms and equipments, 440. 
Instruction, 922. 
Organization, 474. 
Records, 1382. 
Field Notes: 

Of marches, 1357. 
Field Officers: 

Horse equipments, issue to, pending adoption of new design, 381. 
Inspections- 
Physical fitness to perform field duties, 82. 

Riding tests, 81. 
Mounts, private, owning, 1129, 1130. 
Physical examinations and tests — 

Annual, lo determine fitness for active operations, 1028-1035. 

Private mounts, use in taking riding tests, 1035. 

Promotion of captains of the line to, 1027. 

Side arms will not be worn while taking test, 10;J4. 

Staff officers, 1032, 1033. 

Words "field officers" defined, 82. 



302... INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to paragrniihs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Field Kaniues. (See Cooking Eciuipment, p. 283.) 
Field ServU-e: 

(."ommands, readiness a.s to equipment for, 1070. 
Inspection, condition of troops for, 79. 
Field Trainlna:. (See Instruction, p. 33.5.) 
Final .Statements: 

Cashing of, with company funds, 777. 
Purchase of, bj' oflicers or clerks, 209. 
Typewriter not to be used in preparing, 1326. 
Fire ronimunder: 

Drills at in.spection, 105. 
Fire Control: 

Field Artillerj- equipment, 430. 
P'ortiflcations— 

Provisional system, 093. 
Standard system, 692. 
(See Firo-Control Installations, below.) 
Flre-Control Installations: 
Fortifications — 

Care, etc., responsibility of battery commander, 715. 
Changes in, 704. 

Designated "provisional" and "standard," (191. 
Equipment, tj'pe 1909— 
Provided at posts, 692. 
Staff departments which furnish, 692. 
Inspection and test of Signal Corps, 65, 1513. 
Provisional system, establishment and equipment, 693. 
Record of history and operations, 1.390. 
Repairs, etc., of breakdowns, 703. 
Repair, upkeep, etc., by troops, 710. 
Signal Corps, 65, 098-700. 
Supplied by- 
Engineer Department, 723(n). 
Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Quartermaster's Department, 723((i). 
Signals Corps, 723(6). 
System, t.\T)P WO.), 692. 
Tests, 701. 
Transfer, 710. 
Fire-Control Instniiiients: 

Ordnance Department, repair, 840. 
Flre-Control Stations: 

Abbreviations and conventional signs, 1337. 
Electric lighting, 695. 

Furniture, supplied by Quart erma-ster's Department, 723(d), 724. 
Heating apparatus, 723((/). 
Keys, responsibility, etc., 70!). 
Repair, upkeep, etc., by troops, 716. 
Shutters or screens for windows, etc., 702. 
Fire Drill: 

Chemical fire extinguishers, discharge, and recharge, 1155. 
Fire Extlniruishers: 

Chemical, distribution, recharge, etc., 1155. 



INDEX. 303 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs w)ien not otherwise indicated.] 

Fireman: 

Coast Artillery Corps — 

Addressed verbally, how, 984. 
-irms and equipments, 384. 
Position at review and inspection, 991. 
Turning out in heavy marching order, 991. 
Fires: 

Boards on boats or buildings damaged or destroyed by, 025, 633. 
Protection against, 1152-1155. 
Stables, prohibited, 1153. 
Firing: 

Range and field practice, 894, 895. 
Firing Circuits: 

Gun-carriages, equipment for, 723(c). 
Firing Mechanisms: 

Seacoast guns, care, 836. 
Firing Fins: 

Machine-gun, in.spection for condemnation, 334. 
Firing Signals: 

Fortifications, supplied by Signal Corps, 723(6). 
First Aid: 

Instruction- 
Company, 919. 
Garrison training, 894. 
To company officers by surgeons, 920, 921 . 
First Aid Pacliets: 

Information and instructions relative to, 447, 448. 
Pouch how marked, 448. 
First Field Army:. 

District designated, 492. Hw<<o, .. 

Organization for instruction and mobilization, 492. 
Fiscal Year: 

Expenditure in excess of appropriations, etc.. 221. 
Payment pressing obligations, 183. 
Proceeds of sales available for disbursement- 
Medical supplies, 177. 
Ordnance property, 178. 
Quartermaster's stores, 171. 
Subsistence supplies, 176. 
Regulations governing, 181 
Flaa: 

Ceremonies on lowering at retreat, 862, 864. 
Display at fort during action, 862. 
National cemeteries, display, 966. 
Proficiency in signaling with, 927. 
Recruiting stations, 1405, 1406. 
Salutes to— 

By officers and men, 862, 864, 865. 
National or regimental, passing, 865. 
(See Colors, p. 278; Guidons, p. 311; and Standards, p. 403.) 
Flagstiiffs: 

Painting, at national cemeteries, 974. 



304 INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to parngrjii'''^ wlii'ii nut otherwise iudicated.] 

Flour: 

For paste in target practice, allowance, 14><;}. 
Food: 

Inspection of meals by recruiting ofTicers, 1408. 
Standard required on purchase of, 09. 

Supplies purchased from hospital fund, sale to Hospital Corps, 7S4. 
Food and I)ru,s:s Act: 

Purchases to conform to the standard required by, 09. 
Sales of condemned supplies subject to, 2.")2, 309, 312. 
Forage : 

Officers' private mounts, 81, 1133, 1138-1140. 

Stoppage of, in case of unsatisfactory private mounts at inspections, 81. 
Verification, quarterly, 1220. 
Veterinarian's mounts, 1572. 
Forfeiture: 

Pay, to reimburse company or post exchange funds, etc., 73.J. 
Forks: 

How carried, 390. 
Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Form: 

Receipt, cash payments, 190. 

Report of inspection of a garri.soned post. 111, pp. 235-241. 
Statement of irregularities and deficiencies, inspection. 111, pp. 241-244. 
(See Blank Forms, p. 263.) 
Forlitlcatloii Property: 

Inspection for condemnation by engineer olTicers, 319. 
Surveying officer on, 1489. 
Forliflcatlons: 
Base lines, 094. 

Battle commanders' stations, cupboards or closets, 090. 
Batteries and stations — 

Equipment, care, and responsibility of battery commanders, 715. 

Inspection after turning over, 097. 

Keys, responsibility, etc., 709. 

(See Stations, p. 404.) 
Boards. (See Boards of Officers, p. 263.) 
Boilers, inspection, 705. 

Cable, digging near electrical, at fortifications, 707. 
Concealment of defen.ses, etc., 720, 721 . 

Electric lighting and power circuits, danger in installing, 7or,. 
Electric plants — 

Central, supphes for, 723(o) and(d). 

Installation of lighting or power circuits, danger, 7ihi. 

Post lighting, 712. 

Supplies and repairs. Quartermaster's Deparinioiil, 723(d). 

Transfer, change, increase of load, etc., 710, 711. 
Emplacements- 
Care, etc., responsibility of battery conuuauder, 715. 

Doors and windows during service practice, 719. 

Inspection after turning over, 097. 

Keys, responsibility, etc., 709. 

Repairs, upkeep, etc., by troops, 710. 

Stencils for marking, 723(f). 



INDEX. 305 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise iudicated.] 

Fortificatiuns — Continued. 
Fire-control installations- 
Care, etc., responsibiUty of battery commander, 715. 

Changes in, 704. 

Designated "provisional" and "standard," 691. 

Equipment, tj'pe, 1909 — 
Provided at posts, 692. 
Stall departments which furnish, 692. 

Inspection and test of Signal Corps, 65, 1513. 

Provisional sj'stem, establishment and equipment, 693. 

Record of history and operations, 1390. 

Repairs, etc., of breakdowns, 703. 

Repair, upkeep, etc., by troops, 716. 

Signal Corps, tio, 698-700. 

Supplied by- 
Engineer Department, 723(a). 
Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Quartennaster's Department, 723((i). 
Signal Corps, 723(6). 

System, type 1909, 692. 

Tests, 701, 

Transfer, 710. 
Fire-control stations- 
Abbreviations and conventional signs, 1337. 

Electric lighting of, 695. 

Furniture, 723 (d),724. 

Heating apparatus, 723 (d). 

Repair, upkeep, etc., by troops, 716. 

Shutters or screens for windows, etc., 702. 
Information, giving out, 722. 
Inspection of batteries, emplacements, etc., after turning over to Coast Artillery, 

697. 
Keys of emplacements, stations, etc., 709. 
Milling casemates, inspection after turning over, 697. 
Mortar pits, lettering, 708. 
Painting for concealment of, 721. 
Penalty for trespassing on, etc., 1281. 
Photographic ^-iews, etc., 722. 
Repairs, etc. — 

Battery commander's responsibility, 715. 

Coast Artillery troops to make, 716. 

District artillery engineer, 713. 

District engineer officer, 714. 

Engineer Department, what made by, 723 (a). 

Engineer work or material, 714. 

Post artillery engineer, 713. 

Signal Corps structures, 700. 
Searchlights — 

Structures, shutters or screens for windows, etc., 702. 
Sewer connections, etc., 723 (a). 
Subposts, care of property, 717. 

12969°— 12 20 



306 INDEX. 

I Numbers rd'or to paiagri'-iilis wlien not othi.Twise indicated.] 

FortiflcatloDs — Continued. 

Supplies furnished by the various staff corps for, 723. 
Transfer of installations, etc., 710. 
Trees, planting, for concealment of, 721. 
Upkeep, labor to be furnished by Coast .Vrtillery troops, 710. 
Views, taking of, prohibited, 722. 
Visitors, 722. 

Water, apparatus, fi.xtures, and connections, 723 (a), (d). 
Fort McDowell, Cal.: 

Seacoast batteries, etc., attached to recruit depot, 1135. 
Fort Record Book: 

Coast Artillery fort, 13«). 
Fort Slocuni, N. Y.: 

Seacoast batteries, etc., attached to recriiit depot, 1435. 
Fowls: 

National cemeteries, keeping, 9sl. 
Transports, shipment on troop, 518. 
Fractions of a Tent: 
How treated— 

Subsistence stores sold, 1479. 
\'ouchers, 193. 
Friction De^lces: 

Seacoast carriages, adjustment, 838. 
Friction Primers. (See Primers, p. 370.) 
Fuel: 

Sale of, benefit company fund, 770. 
Verification, quarterly, 1220. 
Fu III illation: 

Transports, 524. 
Funds: 

Bakery, company, mess, and regimental- 
Bakery— 

Distribution, method of, 795. 
Empty (lour sacks and barrels, sale, 737. 
Expenditures, 796-798. 
Troops transiently at post, 794. 
Band, Coast Artillery Corps- 
Expenditures- 

Printing roster of troops, 744. 
1 'urchasc of printing press and type, 744. 
Receipts from outside engagements, 741. 
Regulations, general, 742. 
Bands, Volunteer, how accounted for, 745. 
Barrels, sale for benefit, 737. 
Company^ 

Account kept by company commander, 778. 
Custodian may cash final statements, 777. 
Debts due by enlisted men, 7(i7, 772-774. 
Disbursed, how, 746. 
Expenditures- 
Aprons for cooks, 754. 
Ulank passes, 749. 



INDEX. 307 

I Numbers refer to paragraphs when not othorwise indicatert.] 

Fumls— Continued . 

Bakery, company, mess, and regimental— Continued. 
Conipaiiy^ — Continued . 

Expenditures — Continued. 

Bull's-eye score books, 752. 

Chairs, heavy, lounging, 753. 

Clothing lists, 749. 

Cooks, extra pay, 702. 

Cows and hogs, 771. 

Enamel ware, 751. 

Gardener, extra pay, 760. 

General purposes, 746-749. 

Khaki trousers in lieu of white suits for cooks, 755. 

■'Lard compound," 757. 

Married men messing separately, 758. 

Mess of detached soldiers, 763. 

Moss-Dalton company records, 759. 

Policy of War Department, 749. 

Pool-table attendant, extra pay, 700. 

Prizes to rille competitors, 756. 

Ration and savings account receipts, for food only, 764. 

Room orderly or lavatory orderly, extra pay, 701. 

Rubber stamps, 749. 

Score cards, 749. 

Seeds, garden, 750. 

Tables, card and writing, 753. 

Typewriters and their repairs, 74S. 
Final statements may be cashed with, 777. 
Inspections, 740, 778. 
Loaning— 

On interest, 732. 

To enlisted men, 776. 

To regimental fund, 775. 
Receipts from — 

Barber shops, 766. 

Billiard and pool tables, 766. 

Company exchanges, etc., 765. 

Fuel and mineral oil, 770. 

Laundries for which company is agent, 768. 

Post exchanges, less debts of defaulters, 774. 

Reimbursement for rations lost or destroyed, 769. 
Soldiers' barber, billiard, and pool debts, charge on pay rolls, 767. 
Stoppages on pay rolls, for reimbursement, limit, 773. 
Councils of administration, 7.38. 
Custodians' absence, procedure, 731. 
Depositing in banks, 731. 

Expenditure for articles obtainable from supply departments, 733, 734. 
Extra pay to cooks, bakers, etc., on foreign service, 736. 
Hospital- 
Account, 783. 
Audit by chief surgeon, 790, 791, 793. 



8D8 INDEX. 

[Numluus refer to paragiaphs wlien not otherwise indicated. 1 

Funds— Continued. 

Bakery, company, mess, and regimental— Continued. 
Hospital— Continued. 
Expenditures- 
Cows, 785. 
Gardener, 780. 
Gratuities to coolcs, 787. 
Ice, 788. 

Instructions of Surgeon General, 783. 
Liquors, 789. 
Purposes, 783. 
Food supplies purchased from, sale to Hospital Corps men, 7S4. 
Inspection by- 
Commanding ofHcer, scope, etc., 793. 
Inspectors general, 740, 791. 
Ration allowance for Navy and Marine Corps sick on transports, 535. 
Receipts, gross amount to be taken up, 782. 
Regarded as company fund, 779. 
Regulations, general, 78(). 
Sources from which derived, 781. 
Transfer. 792. 
Vouchers, 790. 791, 793. 
Inspections and examinations, 740, 778, 791, 793. 
Loaning at interest, 732. 
Loss, procedure, 739. 
Projects, 730. 

Purchase of articles obtainable from supply departments, 733, 734. 
Regimental- 
Borrowing from company, 775. 
Expenditure for typewriter, 743. 
Receipts from outside engagements of band, 741. 
Regulations, general, 729. 
Reimbursement by stoppage of pay, 735. 
Sacks, empty flour, sale for benefit of, 737. 
Taking away from post, 7;'.l. 
IJetachment, regarded as a company fund. 779. 
Post commander's examination of actccunts, 1050. 
Post Exchange. (See Post Exchange, p. 367.) 
Rcc(uved from privileges or facilities granted, disposition, 170. 
"Slush." for benefit of post or command, unauthorized, 170. 
(See Public Moneys, p. 372.) 
Furniture: 

Fire-control stations— 

.Vllowance for position-finding stations, 724. 
Supplied by (Quartermaster's Department, 723(d), 724. 
Mahogany, care of, 1280. 
fjmcers' (luarters, 1280. 
<i:iiiil)llnu: 

Disbursing oOiccrs, 207. 
On .\rmy transports, 47, 530. 
Games: 

Paraphernalia for outdoor, 1090. 



INDEX. 309 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Gardenrr: 

Extra pay- 
Company fund, 760. 
Hospital fund, 786. 
(•ardens: 

Manure for, 949. 

Vegetable, at national cemeteries, 9S2. 
ttarrlson Srhools for Officers: 
Attendance — 
Militia, 887. 
Signal Corps, 881. 
Regulations, etc., 879, 880. 
Special course, 880. 
Textbooks, 889, 890, 893. 
Garrison Traisinc. (See Instruction, p. 335.) 
Gas: 

Changes or extensions of systems, 1.578. 
(i!»s-Cheok Pads: 

Guns, adjustment, 829. 
Inspection for condemnation, 332. 
General Hospitals: 

Claims, soliciting at, 658. 
Inspection- 
Assignment, 135. 

By whom, and how often made, 41, 68. 
Reports of, addressing and forwarding, 68, 118, 119. 
Reports of remedial action on defects, etc.. 124, 128. 
General Mess: 

Cooks and attendants, inspection, muster, post duties, etc., 88. 
General Noncommissioned Staff. (See Noncommissioned Officers, p. 352.) 
General Officers: 

Annual physical examination, excused, 1031. 
Post commander — 

Delegation of certain duties to subordinates. 59, 1053. 
Staff, 1456. 
General Prisoners. (See Prisoners, p. 370.) 
General Staff Corps: 

Address and designation in correspondence, 1322. 
Board, filling vacancies below brigadier general, 602. 
Chief of Coast Artillery, member of. 474. 
Chief of Staff. (See Chief of Staff, p. 272. ) 
Detail in, duties, etc., 799. 
Inspections- 
Educational institutions, by, 52. 
Special, by, 40. 
Investigations- 
Special, by, 40. 
Laws and regulations relative to, 799. 
Organization, 474. 
Second Division, War Department — 

Chief of, has charge of publications. 1181. 
Library, loans from, to officers, 1182. 
Signature, official, of members, 1322. 



3W INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to piirnsrnplis wlion not otherwise imlicnted] 
Gifts. (See Presents, p. 370.) 
Glassware. (See Tableware, p. 409.) 
Gloves: 

Odd articles, how disposed of. 298. 
Gniin Sacks. (See Sacks, p. 394.) 
Grave.s. (See National Cemeteries, p. 351.) 
Grooms: 

Enlisted men — 

Extra and special duly, 1113, 1141. 

Not servants, 1142. 

Oflicers' private horses, 1142-1144. 
Ground Bone: 

Accumulations at depots, etc., how disposed of, 1198, 1199. 
Grounds: 

Repairs, Coast Artillery posts, by Quartermaster's Department, 72;j (d). 
Ouiim: 

Transportation on Army transports of passengers and merchandise for, Mfi, 537. 
Guard Duty: 

Army transports, status of Navy and Marine Corps, 9.5(>. 

Arsenals, officer of the day, SOB. 

By orsanizations or subdivisions tlK^reof, 800. 

Coast Artillery posts, 801, 802. 

Commander of guard, visits to sentinels, 807. 

Extra and special duty men, 804. 

Field Artiller\- details for post, 803. 

Crarrison training. 894. 

Inspection of guard, 800. 

Musician, detail. 800. 

Officer of the day- 
Detail, 504, 800. 
Visits to guard and sentinels, 805, 80<J. 

Officer of the guard — 
Detail. 800,808. 
Supernumerary, 808. 
Visits fo sentinels, 807. 

Sentences imposing tours of, 810. 

Sentinels- 
Docks, duties. 812. 

Sentry posts, reduction of number, 804. 

Signal Corps detachments, 811. 

Strength of post guard, 804. 

Tours, frequency by privates, 804. 
Guardhouses: 

Bunks for prisoners, 1 122. 

i'roperty used for police purposes, etc., r2;j5. 

Visits by post commander and surgeon, 59. 
Guard iMounUnc:: 

Coast Artillery posts, 802. 

Orderlies, selection at, 809. 

When organizations are detailed for guard, 800. 
<iuard Report: 

Instructions to inspectors relative to, 97. 

I-Lst of guard and police property not to be carried on, 12,35. 



INDEX. 311 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when uot otherwise indicated.] 

Giiidon.s: 

Inspection for condemnation, 299, 300. 
Sillcen, action of surveying ofTicer, 300, 1490. 
Gun Coiniuanders: 

Coast Artillery Corps, numl)er rated, 490. 
Gunners: 

Badges, 500. 

Boards, e.xamination and classification- 
Coast Artillery Corps, 618. 
Field Artillery, 619. 
(See Master Gunners, p. 346.) 
Gun Pointers: 

Coast Artillery Corps, number rated, 496. 
Guns and Carrlaues: 
Field Artillery- 
Alterations, repair, and inspection by Ordnance Department, 72, 73, 842. 
Distriliution of load, 3-inch carriage, 814. 
Kind and equipment, 429, 430, 813. 
Firing- 
Blank ammunition, guns to be used, 81.5. 
Obturating friction primers, 831. 
Precautions, and responsibility for safety, 825. 
Richochets, seacoast , danger zones. 826. 
Gas-check pads, adjustment, 829. 
Inspection for condemnation, 325, 334. 
Inventory and inspection reports- 
Approval, 279 (f). 
Preparation, 325. 
Issue of condemned or obsolete, to Soldiers' Homes, 1272. 
Machine — 

Firing precautions, 817. 

Guns and gun equipment for machine-gun platoons, 400, 816. 
Inspection for condemnation — 
Barrels, 334. 
Carriages, 325. 
Firing pins, 334. 
Graduation strips, 334. 
Guns, 325. 
Nozzles, 334. 
Issued to Coast Artillery, where stored, 857. 
Obsolete parts, replaced, disposition, 1266. 
Oil, instructions as to use, 839. 
Seacoast— 

Alterations, methods for making, 840. 

Ammunition service apparatus, care, 843. 

Assembling and mounting, 818. 

Barbette, splashing or painting for concealment, 851. 

Batteries "in service." "out of commission." etc., defined. 832. 

Breech and muzzle covers, use, 822. 

Breechblocks, opening at certain elevations, 837. 

Breech-loading, 10-inch and 12-inch— 

Elevating and depressing while breechblock is open, 837. 
Opening breechblock, elevation, 837. 



312 INDEX. 

I Numbrrs rofor to j>aragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

finns :ind CarriaRps— Continued. 
Seaeoast — Cent in ued . 

Care hy troops. 833, 852, 855. 
Clinometers and rests for guns, 723(c). 
Concealment by splashing, 851. 
Counterweights, prevention of theft, 854. 
Electric circuits used on carriage-s, 827. 
Elevating and depressing, how often, 834. 
Elevation scales, computations for, 828. 
Firing circuits, 723 (c). 
Firing mechanisms, care, 836. 
Friction devices, adjustment, 838. 
Inspection — 

Closed season, 106, 820. 
Pitting, 92. 

Upon turning over, rules, 821. 
Lighting, 723 (c). 
Mortars — 

Azimuth. de\nce to correct errors. 910. 
Cleaning and painting, 848-850. 
Elevation- 
Maximum firing, 823. 
When not in use, 822. 
Motors attached to, supply and installation, 723(0). 
Numbering at fixed batteries, 819. 
Painting and removal of old paint, s4,')-847, 850, 851. 
Painting of visible armament at fortifications, 721. 
Paulins for winter protection of, 853. 
Penthouses, 852. 

Position as to elevation when not in use, 822. 
Proof firing before use by Coast Artillery, S24. 
Recoil cylinders, directions for care and cleaning, 835. 
Repairs- 
Method for making, 840. 
Ordnance Department makes. 723(f). 
Safety attaclinient, rapid-fire guns, adjustment. 830. 
Splashing or painting for concealment, 851. 
Stencils for marking, 723(c). 
Subposts, care, 855. 

Transfer of, permanently emplaced, 8S6. 
Traversing of carriages, how often, 834. 
Tripping, how often, 834. 
Spare parts, inspection for condemnation, 325. 
Gnn Slinks: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Gutters: 

Fortifications, repair. 723(n). 
Gynin:)siuiii: 

Post exchange, 1090. 
Gymnastics: 

Tnstnjction in, S94. 930. 
Manuals for drills and exercises. 933. 
Hair: 

Enlisted men, how kept. 685. 



INDEX. 313 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Halter Chain: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Halter Headstall: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Harness: 

Artillery, dressing or polishing material for, 450. 

Inspection for condemnation, old black leather, artillery, 331. 
Hat Cords: 

Inspection for condemnation, Pliilippines Division, 297. 
(liits: 

Inspection for condemnation, Philippines Division, 297. 

Service, issue to recruits, 1430. 

See Uniform, p. 415. 
Haullns: 

Forage for mounted organizations, facilities for, 1534. 
Haversack Ration. (See Rations, p. 381.) 
Haversacks: 

How carried, 396. 

Inspection for condemnation, 330, 333. 

Re-marking, 449. 
Hawaii: 

Department of, staff, 1456. 
Hawaiian (Jovernment: 

Transportation on Army transports for members and employees, etc., 536. 
Headquarters: 

Inspection of business methods of divisions and departments, 42. 

Records, methods of keeping at administrative, 1318. 
Headstones. (See National Cemeteries, p. 351.) 
Heatint?: 

Apparatus, fire-control stations, 723(d). 

Plants — 

Care of steam, 1581. 
Changes or extensions In, 1578. 
Heliograph: 

Proficiency in signaling, 927. 
Historical Record: 

Organizations and staff departments, 1376. 
Hogs: 

Troop, limited to eight, 771. 
Hoists: 

Ammunition, instructions for operation of, 108. 

Powder, instructions for maintenance of 10-inch and 12-ineh, 844. 
Holidays: 

For per diem employees, 861. 

Legal, falling on Sunday, 859, 860. 

Legal, of the Federal Government, list, 858. 

Monthly payments when last day of month falls on, 200. 
Holster: 

Revolver, inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Honors to the Flas:: 

National or regimental color or standard passing, 865. 

Posts and stations, 862, 864. 
Horse Covers: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 



314 INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Horse Kqulpments: 

Bits for horses of Field Artillery, 41i>. 
Blanket, saddle, care, 419. 

Bridoon, method of holding and adjusting reins, 415. 
Dressing and polishing material, 450, 451. 
Enlisted men, 384, 41G, 445, 446. 
Field Artillery, 384, 416. 
Hospital Corps, 445, 446. 
Inspection for condemnation^ 
Enlisted men, 328, 330. 
Ollicers below grade of major, 329, 330. 
Sale of, may be recommended, 330, note. 
Officers- 
Bridle, double, holding and adjusting reins, 415. 
Infantry captains, for riding, 904. 
Issue to- 
Dismounted ofRcers temporarily on mounted duty, 383. 
Field officers, pending adoption of new design, 381. 
Included in term "pt^rsonal baggage," 566. 
Majors of Philippine Scouts, 382. 
Mounted officers below grade of major, 379, 381. 
List of, to bo in possession of mounted, 369. 
Saddlecloth, dark blue, disposition, .380. 
Siu-vey of, i.ssued to mounted, 1497. 
To be kept thoroughly neat and serviceable, 370. 
Saddle- 
How packed, articles carried, etc., 417. 
Packing at signal " To horse," 418. 
Sale on inventory and inspection reports, 330, note. 
Veterinarians of Cavalry and Field Artillery, 1572. 
Horsemanship: 

Encouragement in cultivation of, 904. 
Inspection exercises, 81. 
Tests- 
Annual. (See Physical Examinations and Tests of OlFicers, p. 363.) 
Captains of the line for promotion, 1027. 
Horses: 

Allowance — 

Enlisted men of the Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Infantry in time of peace, 

1156. 
For troops in the field, 1160. 
-Vssignment to riders or drivers, 1170. 
Branding, 1 169. 
Care and treatment, 1175. 
Cavalry — 

Allowance- 
Enlisted men in time of peace, 1156. 
For a troop, 1159. 
For the field, 1160. 
Sale or turning in, 281. 
Condemnation of vicious, imsuitable, etc., 282, 283. 
Condemned, transfer to bureau of science, Philippine Islands. 1180. 



INDEX. 315 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Horses — Continued. 
Destrucliou of. by — 

Commanding officer, 1179. 

Inspector, on inventory and inspection report, 281. 
Die of sicltness, liow dropped, 1179. 
Draft purposes, use limited, 1172. 
Feeding tliree times a day, 117.5. 
Field Artillery-- 

Allowance, 1156, 1160. 
Bands, mountain, 1157. 
Mares not to be purchased for, 1158. 
Sale or turning in, 281. 
Hospital Corps, mounted men, 446, 1164. 
Infantry- 
Allowance for enlisted men of, 1150, 1103. 
Captains for riding, 904. 
Inspection for condemnation, 280-283. 
Inventory and inspection reports, 259, 279-2S.3. 

Killed to prevent contagion or terminate suffering, how dropped, 1179. 
Mallein treatment, 1178. 

Manes, tails, and fetlocks, alterations, etc., 1170, 1177. 
Name over stall, 1171. 

Officers on duty with the miUtia, status as to mounts, 1128. 
Officers' private mounts — 

Artillery district staff, 1130. 
Attendant, transportation, 1137. 
Field officers owning private, 1129, 1130. 
Forage- 
Keeping of three horses on allowance for two, 1140. 
Polo pony, 1138. 
Regulations, 11.33. 
Stoppage of, case of unsuitable, 81. 
Young horse, not a suitable mount, 1139. 
For which additional pay is drawn — 

Inspection and test by post commander, 1069. 
Law, 1131. 

Types, suitable mount, 1069, 11.32. 
Unsuitable, 1009. 
Grooms, 1142-1144. 

Inspectors to rigidly examine, as to suitability, 81. 
Limit as to ninnbcr an officer should have, 1141 
Mallein treatment, 1178. 

Purchase from officers by Quartermaster's Department, board, 621. 
Restrictions in selling those purchased from the Quartermaster's Depart- 
ment, 1 1.30. 
Riding tests, use of, 1035. 

Sale to, and purchase from. Quartermaster's Department, 1130. 
Salt and vinegar, 1134. 
Shoeing, 1133. 

Sjjeculation and personal gain in, 1141. 
Stabhng, 1133. 
Stallion is a suitable mount, 1132. 



316 INDEX. 

L Numbers ivfcr to paragraphs when uot otherwise indieated.] 

H orscs— Cont inued . 

Officers' privute mounts— Continued. 

Suitable mount (charger), descrilx'd, lOf.9. 
Transportation and attendant, 1137. 
Use of Government faciUties in speeulation on, 1141. 
Veterinary treatment and medicines, 1133. 
What officers are required to be mounted, 1128. 
Public- 
Use- - 

For pleasure as driving, etc., 1102. 
Officers on duty with the militia, 1128. 
Regulated by department commander, 1161. 
Purchase — 

Breeding purposes, 1165. 

Gray or while, prohibited, 1166. ,. 

Mounted service, 1165. 
Open market, 1165, 1168. 
Remounts from remount depots, supply and training, 1167. 
Retired officers on active duty, status as to mounts, 1438. 
Sale or turning in of troop or battery, 1174. 
Signal Corps companies, sale or turning in, 281. 
Swimming, 895, 929. 
Training— 

GaiTison in.struction, 894. 
Received from remount depots, 903, 1167. 
Transfer from one branch to another, 1173. 
Veterinarians' mounts, 1572. 
Watering three times a day, 1175. 
(See Public Animals, p. 372.) 
Horseslioers: 

Disrating prior to discharge, 1007. 
Emergency equipment for. 1576. 
Instruction of noncommissioned officers as, 878. 
Service schools for, 877 (/). 
Hose: 

Care of garden and fire, 1234. 
Hospital Corps: 

Arms and equipments, 384, 444. 
Ceremonies, attendance, 86. 
Cook, acting, authorized, 474. 
Equipments, marking, 428. 

Hospital Corps knife to be worn at inspection, 444. 
Inspection , 80. 
Instruction, 923. 
Mounted men- 
Authorized, 474. 
Horse equipments, 445, 446. 
Horses, 446, 1164. 
Muster, 80. 

Noncommissioned officers belong to General Noncommissioned Staff, 986. 
Organization , 474. 

Sale to, of food supplies purchased from hospital fund, 784. 
Sergeants, appointment, board, 620. 
Uniform, white, for duty in wards, etc., 1502 



INDEX. 317 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs wlieu not othorwise indicated.] 

Hospital Corps Knife: 

Destruction of, on inventory and inspection report, 337. 
To be worn at inspection under arms, 444. 
Hospital Fund. (See Funds, p. 306.) 
Hospital Matrons: 

Rations, 1308. 
Hospitals: 

Field. (See Field Hospitals, p. 301.) 
General. (See General Hospitals, p. 309.) 
Hospital Fund. (See Funds, p. 306.) 
Ice for, 860,867,875. 
Laundries, 945. 
Records of military, 1382. 

Regimental. (See Regimental Hospitals, p. 388.) 
Transports, use by well passengers, 517. 
Veterinary— 
• Supplies and equipment, 1576. 

Where authorized, 1577. 
Visits by prst commander and surgeon, 59. 
Hours of Lal)or: 
Regulations, 641. 
(See F.ight-Hour Law, p. 294.) 
Housewives: 
Field kit, 384. 

Increase or decrease of allowance by division commander, 1483. 
Huntlns: 

Large game- 
Sale of ammunition for, 361. 
To be encouraged, 361. 
Shotguns for, 404. 
Hydrometers: 

Inspection for condemnation, 279(<i), 315, 342. 
Hygiene: 

Personal, 085, 686, 894. 
(See Sanitation, p. 396.) 
Hygrometers: 

Fortification magazines, furnished by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Ice: 

Allowance, issue, etc. — 

By Quartermaster's Department, 866, 867, 874. 
By Subsistence Department, 870-874. 
Hospitals, 866, 867, 875. 
Increase or decrease, 866, 871, 1483. 
Philippine scouts and their stations, 873. 
Preference case reduction, 867. 
Subsistence stores, preservation, 866, 867, 870, 873 
Cutting and storing at posts, 872. 
Hospital fund , use for purchase of, 788. 
Sale of surplus- 
Competition with private enterprise, 869. 
Proceeds, 172. 
Rates of charge, 868. 
Ice Machines: 

Breakdowns in, 874. 

Changes, extensions, repairs, etc. , of plants, 876. 



318 INDEX. 

I Niiml>ers rofpr to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Ire Maehines— rontinued. 

Economy in operating, 1005. 

Post commander, personal attention to management, lOtio. 
Identificutlon Iterords; 

Of enlisted men, 1384. 
EdcnfUlcadon Tass: 

Issue, and how and by whom worn, 410. 
[ ni morality : 

Prevention, especially in tlie Tropics, (iS7. 
•' (n Tom mission:" 

Term defined as to seacoast batteries, 832. 
IndoUlile Pencil: 

Records, use of, 1327. 
fndiiin Scouts: 

Authorized, 474. 

Enlisted strength, 483. 
Indl\ idiiuls: 

Injustice to, 24. 
Infantry: 

Board, appointment second lieutenant from civil life, 597. 

Enlisted strength, 483, 484. 

Equipment, pack, new, 395. 

Headquarters detachment, 481. 

Horses, riding, for enlisted men of, 1 loC, 11(33. 

Instruction. (See Instruction, ji. 335.) 

Mounted scouts, 481. 

OfTicers, mounted, riding tests at inspections, 81. 

Organization, 474. 

Sergeants, additional, to pro\ide for militia details, 485. 
Infantry Hoard: 

Composition and duties, 587. 
Information: 

Athletic competitions, 931. 

Furnishing— 

By persons in the military service, 1.331. 
Coast defenses, what may be given out, 722. 
National defense secrets, penalty, 1279. 
To Congress, 052, 13.32. 
Injuries: 

Civilian employees, compensation for, 650. 
Inks: 

Colored, use in records and correspondence, 1325. 
"In Service:" 

Term, defined, as to .seacoast batteries, 832. 
Inslvnia: 

Issued by Ordnance Department, how dropped. 559. 
Inspection of a Depot: 

Assignment, 135. 

By whom and how often made, 41, 08. 

Importance of, 110. 

Normal conditions desired in making, 34, 110. 

Notification of, to — 

Comnuinding ofTicer, 110. 
Quartermaster (Jencral, 36. 



INDEX. 319 

[Niiinliois refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Inspection of a, Depot — Continued. 

Scope, subjects, etc.. 08, 110. 
Supplies, purchase, and distribution of, 110 (g). 
Inspection of a Garrisoned Post: 
.Vmbulance, 90. 

Artillery in.spection of a Coast Artillery post, 75. 
Attendants of general mess, where inspected, SS. 
Uakers — 

Chief, where inspected, 87. 

Graduates of service schools, 79. 
Bayonet exercise to be tested, 80. 
Blacksmiths, graduates of service schools, 79. 
Boats, Coast Artillery, 109. 
Business methods, 98. 
Chaplains, where inspected, 85. 
Clothing accounts, 94. 
Coast Artillery— 

As infantry, 104. 

Boats, 109. 

Drill- 
Fire, mine, and superior commanders, 105. 
Pruners and lanyards, 107. 

Emplacement book, 108. 

Guns— 

During closed season, lOG. 
Pitting, 92. 

Test in service of defense materiel, 105. 
Complaints, 92, 9.3. 
Cooks — 

Graduates of service schools, 79. 

Inspected where, 88. 
Correspondence — 

Battalion and squadron commanders as channels, 99. 

Unnecessary, 98. 
Desertions, 84. 

Equipment, criticisms of old pattern serviceable, 100. 
Estimating distances, 79. 
E.xercises and problems, 79. 
Extra and special duty men, 87-89. 
Farriers, graduates of training school, 79. 
Field Artillery- 
Field glasses, watches, and compasses, 4.31. 

Instruction, 101-103. 
Field glasses, 96, 431. 
Field service, 79. 
Guard report, 97. 
Hospital Corps, 86. 

Instruction, practical and theoretical, 79-81. 

Irregularities and deficiencies, 92. (See Irregularities and deficiencies, p. 340.) 
Library, 91. 

Machine-gun platoons, 79. 
Mobile troops, efficiency test, 79. 
Morning report, 97. 
Mounts, officers', 81. 



320 INDEX. 

1 Numbers r(>fef to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Inspection of a Garrisoned Post — Continued. 

Noiiionimissioiied ollicers, 79. 

Normal conditions desired, 34. 

Object of, defined, 112. 

Ollicers — 

Field, physical fitness, 82. 
Incapacitated, 83. 
Tests— 

EfBciency, 79. 
Riding, 81. 

Order of procedure in making, 75. 

Orders and regulations, 112. 

Orders, field , preparation of, 79. 

Overcoats, fur and blanket-lined, care of, 95. 

Pack train, 79. 

Patrolling, 79. 

Problems, 79. 

Range finders, 79. 

Recruits, unfitness, 92. 

Reports- 
Form of, to be used by inspectors, 111, pp. 235-241. 
Not prescribed, 98. 

Separate, by inspectors on general questions, 112. 
(See Reports of inspection, p. 389.) 

Review, 70. 

Riding tests for— 

Mounted troops, 81. 
onicers, 81. 

Saddlers, graduates of training school, 79. 

Scouting, 79. 

Service schools, value of, to be observed, 79. 

Sketching, 79. 

Subjects which should be embraced in, 7S. 

Supplies- 
Criticisms of old pattern, serviceable, 100. 
Inferior quality, 92. 

Supply departments, failure to meet conditions, 92. 

Telephones, 90. 

Transportation, 70. 

Troops- 
How conducted , 70. 
Tests in instruction, bayonet exercise and riding, 7i>-Sl. 

Uniform and equipment, by whom prescribed, 77. 

Vouchers, clothing, 94. 
Inspection of an .\rspn;il: 

Assignment, 135. 

By whom and how often made, 41 , C-S. 

Importance of, 110. 

Normal conditions desired in making, M, 110. 

Notification of, to commanding ollicor, 1 10. 

Ordnance detachment, 110 (r ). 

Scope, subjects, etc., 110. 

Supplies, purchase and distribution of, 110 (g). 



INDEX. 321 

r Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Inspection of Jlonoy Accounts: 

Accounts current. (See Accounts Current, p. 247.) 
Alaskan cable and telegraph lines, 132. 
Appropriations. (See Appropriations, p. 250.) 
Assignment of, 135. 
Authority for— 

Board of road commissioners for Alaska, 133. 

California figbris Commission, 133. 

Commercial business, Alaskan cable and telegraph lines, 132. 

International Commission of the Congresses of Navigation, 133. 

Law, 131. 

Red Cross, audit, 346. 

Regulations, 134. 
Board of road commissioners for Alaska, 133. 
Bonds, disbursing otlicers, 142(o). 
Business methods, 137. 
California Debris Commission, 133. 
Cashbooks— 

Examination, etc., 142(e), (A), (i). 

Paymasters, 138. 
Cash on hand, verification, 141, 142(c). 
Certificates of deposit, regulations, 164. 
Check books— 

In unused safes, 139. 

Paymasters', 138, 163. 

Stubs- 
Examination and comparison, li2(d), (e), (g). 
Inspector's notations and markings, 142(n), (p). 

(See Check Books, p. 270, and Check Stubs, p. 272.) 
Checks— 

In unused safes, 139. 

Last check drawn, 142(6), (n). 

Outstanding list, etc., 142, 241, 242. 

(See Checks, p. 271.) 
Closing statements, 241. 

Contracts, copies of, for Department of the Interior, 140. 
Conventional signs used by inspectors, 142(p). 
Depositaries, 23.5-240. 

Disbursements, necessity, economy, and propriety, to be inquired into, 131, 136,137. 
Disbursing officers— 

Not under division commanders- 
Assignment, 135. 
By whom made, 41. 

(See Disbursing Officers, p. 289.) 
Formsfor, 142, 242,.583. 

Frequency of, regulated by the Secretary of War, 131, 134. 
Funds, verification of, 141, 142, 241, 242. 
fnfractions, 136, 137. 
Inspectors- 
General duties of inspectors general, 8. 

Limited, to whom, 131. 
International Commission of the Congresses of Navigation, 133. 
Irregular intervals, 134. 
Marking check stubs, 142(p). 

12969°— 12 21 



322 INDEX. 

I Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Inspection of Money Accounts— Continued. 
Method of inspection, 14'_'. 

Paymasters' voueliers, choclc books, cashbooks, 138. 
Pencils, colored, to be used in marking stubs, 142(p). 
Precedence over other inspections, 141. 
Proceeds of sales. (See Proceeds of Sales, p. 371.) 
Records of disbursements, how kept, 137. 
Reports of inspections— 

ForwardinK, 118, 119, 242. 
Irregularities, where noted in, 137. 
(See Reports of Inspection, p. 389.) 
Safes, unused, to bo opened, 139. 
Scope of inquiry, 8, 131, 136-140, 142. 
Statement of money accountability, 142, 241, 242. 
" Slush "fimds, 170. 
Verification- 
Accountability, how determined, 142(0- 

Amount of checks drawn since last insjjection, how determined, 142(J). 
Cash, 141, 142(r). 
Funds on deposit, 142(fc), 242. 
Vouchers— 

E.xamination, etc., 142. 
Paymasters', 138. 

Preparation, etc. (See Vouchers, p. 418.) 
Inspection of Property for Condemnation: 
Animals, 257, 280, 281 , 282, 283. 
Animals, condemned, branding I. C., 1169. 
Arrangement of property for inspection, 264. 
Authority for inspection — 
Army Regulations, 254. 
Law, 243, 244. 
Law construed by — 

Attorney (leneral, 245,252. 
Comptroller, 249. 

Judge Advocate General, 24.')-248, 2.50,253. 
Authority required for submission- 
Chief Signal (xricer of the Army- 
Electrical apparatus, expensive, 343. 
Field glasses, 343. 
Telephones, 343. 
Telescopes, 343. 
Chief surgeon- 
Medical books, 310. 
Medicines, 310. 

Surgical or scientific instruments and appliances, 310. 
Quartermaster Oeneral — 

Typewriters, 305. 
Secretary of A\'ar— 

Ammunition for cannon, 325. 

Electrical appliances and installations, certain. 31. i. 342. 

Guns and carriages, 325. 

Mechanical appliances and installations, certain, 315, 342. 



INDEX. 323 

[Numbers refer to paragraiOis when not otherwise indicated.] 

Inspection of Property for Condemnation — Continued. 
Books- 
Library, 91,284. 

Manuals, regulations, etc., 285. 

Soldier's handbooks, 285. 
Buildings, 267(6), note, 286, 287. 
Congress, power of, 243. 
Destruction of worthless property — 

Animals, 281. 

Blankets, 295. 

Certificate of witnessing officer, 275. 

Clothing, uniform, 295, 297. 

Inspectors to cause, 275. 

Small arms prohibited, 267(d), 337. 
Engineer property- 
Boats, 314. 

Electrical and mechanical installations and appliances, 315. 

Electrical machines, 316. 

Fortification property, 319. 

Harbor charts, 317. 

Reconnaissance, surveying and drafting instruments, 322. 

River and harbor property, 318-320. 
Examination of articles presented, 264, 265, 266. 
Horses, vicious, imsuited, etc., 282, 283. 
Inspector General's Department, duty of, 256. 
Inspectors authorized — 

Inspectors general and acting inspectors general. 244, 254, 256. 

Special inspectors — 

Appointed, when and by whom, 254, 255, 319. 
Fortification and river and harbor property, 319. 
Necessity for their appointment to be minimized, 256. 
Selection restricted, ordnance stores, 255. 
Inspectors general to make, on any official visit, 32. 
Medical property — 

Medical books, 310. 

Medical journals, 311. 

Medicines, 252, 310, 312. 

Surgical or scientific instruments and appliances, 310. 
National cemetery, 290. 
Obsolete property, 253. 
Ordnance and ordnance stores — 

.\mmunition for cannon, 325. 

Articles to be sold, law, 245. 

Band equipments, 330. 

Belts, 3.30. 

Bits, curb and watering, 330. 

Blanket bag, 330. 

Blanket-bag coat strap, 330. 

Blanket-bag shoulder strap, 330. 
Blanket-roll strap, 330. 
Blanket, saddle, 330. 

Brass rings, buckles, etc., on articles destroyed or broken up, 324. 

Bridle, 330. 



324 INDEX. 

f Xninhprs ivfor to parnsraphs wlion nof otherwise indicated.] 

Inspection of Property for Condemnation— Contimieci. 
Ordnance and ordnance stores — Continued. 
Canteen, .327, .330. 
Canteen-haversack strap, 3,30. 
Canteen strap, web, 330. 
Carriages, pun. 325. 
Cartridge-belt suspenders, 330. 
Cartridge box, McKeever, 330. 

Chief of Ordnance can not mal<e regulations for, 247. 
Cincha, 330. 
Cincha strap, 330. 
Coat strap for saddle, 330. 
Cups, 330. 
Currycomb, ,3.30. 
Equipments 

Field artillery, .330, .331. 

Horse, 328-3.30, 331. 

Personal, 327, 328, 330, .333. 

Sale of, 330, note. 
Fork, .330. 

Gas-check pads, 332. 
Guns, 32.5, .334. 
Gun slings. 130. 
Halter chain, 330. 
Halter headstall, 330. 
Harness, old black artillery, 331. 
Haversack, 330, 333. 
Holster, revolver, 330. 
Horse brush, 330. 
Horse cover, 330. 
Issued to colleges, 341. 
Knapsack, 330. 
I/anyard, revolver. .3.30. 
Lariat, 330. 
Lariat strap, 3:>n. 
J>ink, 330. 

Machine-gun parts, 32.3, 334. 
Machine guns, .32.'>, 334. 
Meat cans, 330. 
Nose bags, 330. 
Picket pin, .3.30. 
Polo equipment, 330. 
Repairs, 335. 

Rifle, method of testing, 338. 
Saber attachment, 330. 
Saber knot, .3.30. 
Saber strap. .3.30. 
Saddle, 3.30. 
Saddlebag, 330. 
Saddlecloth, 330. 
Sand glass, 336. 
Scabbards, bavonet and rifle, 3.30. 



INDEX. 326 

IXumbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Inspection of Property for Condemnation— Continued. 

Ordnance and ordnance stores— Continued. 

Serviceable, not to be condemned because unsightly or old pattern, 328, 339. 

Sliding frog, 330. 

Small arms, 335, 337-340. 

Spare parts for seacoast or mobile artillery, 326. 

Spoon, 330. 

Spur, 330. 

Spur strap, 330. 

Stirrup, hooded, 330. 

Stirrup strap, 330. 

Surcingle, 330. 

Waist-belt adapter, 330. 
Quartermaster's property- 
Animals, 280-283. 

Band instruments, 291. 

Bedsteads, old pattern, 292. 

Blankets, 295. 

Buildings, 286, 287. 

Clothing- 
Amount of damage, 293. 
Articles to be destroyed, 295, 297. 

Issue to prisoners and to soldiers at reduced prices, 293, 295, 296. 
Obsolete, 295. 

Odd articles, as shoes, gloves, etc., not to be inspected, 298. 
Sale at auction, 295. 
Turning in to depot, 295-297. 
White summer, recruiting parties, 294. 

Colors- 
Service, 299. 
Silken, not to be inspected, 300. 

Guard and police property, 1235. 

Guidons- 
Service, 299. 
Silken, not to be inspected, 300. 

Lamps, 301. 

Standards, silken, not to be inspected, 300. 

Tableware — 

Agate ware, 302. 
China and glassware — 

Posts, unauthorized, 302. 

Transports, mine planters, etc., authorized, 302. 
Silverware, 303. 

Trumpets and their cords and tassels, 304. 

Typewriters, 305. 

Window shades, 306. 
Recommendations by inspector- 
General regulations, 267. 

Great care to be exercised in making, 266. 
Regulations for, prescribed by whom, 244. 
Reinspection of condemned property, 274. 
Responsible officer to accompany inspector, 264. 



326 INDEX. 

1 Xuinbcrs refer to paratrrnphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Inspection of Property for Coiideiiinatlon — f'ontinued. 

Serviceable, worn or shabby, not to be condemned. 273, .328, 3.'W. 
Signal property- 
Electrical and mechanical installations and appliances, 342. 

Electrical apparatus, expensive, 343. 

Field glasses, .343. 

Issued to colleges, etc., 345. 

Telephones, 343. 

Telescopes, 343. 

Typewritt>rs, 344. 
Stores inexpedient to transport, 249-251. 
Submarine mine property^ 28S, 2S9. 
Subsistence supplies— 

Ovens, 308. 

Stores, 252, 309. 

Surplus stores, 248, 251. 
Survey necessary before, when and when not, 257. 202. 
Tours, all unserviceable to be inspected on, 25<i. 
Turning in to depot, memoranda of head of staff department to guide Inspectors, 

271. 
Unserviceable property to be presented to inspector on visit, 258. 
"Unsuitable" stores, definition and disposition, 248-251, 253. 
(See Inventory and Inspection Ileports, p. 338.) 
Inspections: 

Ambulances, 90, 1059. 

.Vmmunition. by company commanders, 3(12. 

.\rmament at scacoast posts, by Ordnance Department and Signal Corps, 64. 

Arms and eciuipments— 

IJy commanding officers, 371, 1070, 1071. 

Whole e(iuipment may be required for, 309. 
Army transports. (See Army Transports, p. 255.) 
Arsenals and armories. (See .Vrsenals, p. 256.) 
Artillery district commanders, 02. 
Artillery district ordnance officer's. 62. 
Attendants, general mess, 88. 
Baker, chief, 87. 
Band, by commander, 55, 50. 
Beef and beef cattle, 70, 71, 1.575. 
Blankets, officers carrying, for, 374. 
Boats, Coast Artillery, 49, 109, 1539. 
Boilers, installed at fortifications, 705. 
Buildings— 

About to be occupied, allotted, or vacated, 61. 

Annual, 00, 1001. 

New construction, 1000. 
Business methods- 
Correspondence and records, 98. 

Disbursing olfKcrs, 130, 137. 

Division and dei)artment headquarters, 42. 

Military Academy, 41. 

Officers of the Quartermaster's Department, 31. 
Camps— 

By Inspectors general, how often made, 41. 



INDEX. 327 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise Indicated.] 

Inspection.s— Continued. 

Chaplains, 85. 

Chiefs of sqnad.s. of their men, 54. 

Command and its equipment, by organization commander, 50. 

Commands, how often made by Inspector General's Department, 41. 

Construction, new, by commanding officer, (331. 

Cooks, 88. 

Daily, by company and detachment commanders, 55. 

Department commander's. (See Department Commander, p. 287.) 

Department headquarters, 42. 

Depots. (.See Inspection of a Depot, p. 318.) 

District artillery engineer, (;2, 65. 

District enjjineer ofncers, coast defenses, (33. 

Di%ision commander's. (See Division Commander, p. 292.) 

Division headquarters, 42. 

Division inspector general within a department, 20. 

Educational institutions, military departments, annual, 52. 

Emplacement books, 108, 1361-13(33. 

Emplacements, etc., after turning over to Coast Artillery, 697. 

Engineer Department, at fortifications, 63. 

Equipment for. by whom prescribed, 56, 77. 

Explosives, 352. 

Extra and special duty men, 87-89. 

Field chests, medical and surgical, 124(5. 

Field ranges issued to organizations, 459. 

Fiscal year is inspection j'ear, 41. 

Funds, company and other quasi-public, 740, 778, 791, 793. 

General hospitals. (See General Hospitals, p. 309.) 

Graduates, enlisted, of the training schools, 79. 

Guardhouse, frequent visits by post commander and surgeon, 59. 

Guard, when organizations are detailed, 800. 

Guns and carriages, seaeoast, after turning over, 821. 

Guns, seaeoast, in closed season, 106, 820. 

Hospital Corps, 86, 

Hospital, frequent visits by post commander and surgeon, 59. 

Hospital fund accounts by- 
Commanding officer, 793, 
Inspector general, 740, 791. 

Inspector general wthin a subordinate officer's command, 20. 

Itineraries of tours, 16, 20. 

Litters and appliances for transporting wounded, monthly, 1059. 

Meals, by recruiting officers, 1408. 

Medical of troops ordered for foreign service, 525. 

Mileage, limited for, 39. 

Military Academy, by whom and how often made, 41. 

Military commands, by inspectors general, how often made, 41. 

Military convicts in United States penitentiary, 41. 

Militia, Organized, by whom and how often made, 53. 

Mine planters, by whom and how often made, 48, 49. 

Mining casements after turning over to Coiist Artillery, 697. 

Money accounts, (See Inspection of Money Accounts, p. 321.) 

Monthly- 
Post commander, 58, 1050. 
Regimental commander, 57. 



328 INDEX. 

I Niiiubcrs refer to i)iiriit;r;iiilis when nol othorwiso Indicated.] 

Inspections— Continued. 

National cnnietcrie.s. (See National Cemeteries, p. 351.) 
National Home for Disabled Volnntenr Soldiers, 51. 
Noncommissioned stall — 

I'ositionsat, 991. 

Tumin)! out in heavy marchin;; order, 991. 
Normal conditions desired at, 34, 110. 
Notification of proposed, 34, 36, 110. 
Officers of staff departments, position at. 1457. 
Orders for— 

Copies, to whom furnished by inspector, lii. 20. 

Economical plan, 135. 

Mileage involved, 35. 39, 40. 

Recruiting stations, auxiliary, 1407. 

To be in writing, 34. 

To be made known by inspectors, to whom, 19. 
Ordnance detachments, 110(c). 
Ordnance materiel, issued \o— 

Field Artillery, 72, 73, 842. 

Militia- 
Coast Artillery, 841. 
Field Artillery, 842. 
Ordnance officers', of seacoast armament, 64. 
Post~s, garrisoned— 

How often made by Inspector General's Department, 41. 

(See Inspection of a (Jarrisoned Post, p. 319.) 
Powder, smokeless, 355. 
Property for condemnation. (See Inspection of I'ropcrly for Condemnation, 

p. 322.) 
Proving ground, by whom and how often madi', 41. 
Raw material uschI by contractors. 74, 602. 
Recruit depots. (See Recruit Depots, p. 385.) 
Recniiting stations. (See Recruiting Stations, p. 386.) 
Reports. (See Reports of Inspection, p. 389.) 
Seacoast batteries at recruit depots, 1435. 
Service schools, by whom and how often made, 41. 
Shoes, wearing of uniform at dre.ss inspection, 1447. 
Signal Corps- 
Equipment at fortifications, 04, (55. 

Offices at posts, 1008. 
Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia, 50. 
Special— 

By General Staff Corps, 40. 

Ry inspectors general, II, 39, 40. 

Involving travel, by whom made, 40. 

Of posts and commands, when and by whom made, 41. 
Status of , to be reported upon relief of a division inspector general, 18. 
Sunday, making on, 38. 
Supplies at time of delivery, 09, 002. 
Telephones, 1513. 
Troops, by- 
Artillery district commander, (>2, 371. 

<Tiiefs of squads, 54. 



INDEX. 329 

[Numb<rs refer to paraRrapIis when not otherwise indicated.] 

Inspections— Continued. 
Troops, by — Continued. 

Company and detachment commanders, weekly, 5(i. 

Department commander, (iO, 899, 1028. 

Division commander, 67. 

Inspectors general. (See Inspection of a Carrisoned Post, p. 319.) 

Medical department, for foreign service, 525. 

Post commander, monthly, 58, 1050. 

Regimental commander, monthly, 57. 
Ungarrisoned posts, how often and under whose authority made, 44. 
rniform — 

By commanding officers, 1070. 

By whom prescribed for, 66, 77. 

Of enUsted men going on and returning from pass, 1503. 
United States military prison and branch, by whom made, scope, etc., 45, 68. 
Unserviceable property on any official visit of inspector general, 32. 
Weekly, by company and detachment commanders, 56. 
AVithin a department by di\ision inspector general, 20. 
Year, 41. 
Inspector General ot a Division: 
Annual report, 17, 365. 

Closing statements of money accountability, duties, 241. 
"In charge of office," when and by whom used, 1323. 
Inspection within a department, 20. 
Inspections — 

Not under the division commander, assignment, 135. 

Status of, to be reported by, when, 18. 

To initial last indorsement on reports, 130. 

(See Inspectors General, p. 330.) 
Inspector General of the Army: 
Annual report, 307, 368. 
Appointment of, 3. 
Communications for action or signature of Secretary of War, instructions, 1351, 

1352. 
Correspondence — 

Direct, 1341. 

Through staff assistant, 1344. 

With officers on duty at recruit depots, recruiting stations, and the military 
prison, 1348. 
With those not under his command or direction, 1344. 
Inspections- 
Assignment of those not under division commanders, 135. 

Military Academy, 41. 

Officers to make certain, to be recommended by, 41. 

Service schools, 41. 

Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia, to be made by, SO. 
Inventory and inspection reports, action on, 279. 
Office of, defined, 6. 
Reports of inspections- 
Action on, 118, 122. 

Extracts from, favorable or unfavorable mention of officers, 122. 

Forwarded directly to, 118, 119. 

To be filed in office of, 118. 



880 INDEX. 

lN'umb<Ts refer to paragraphs vvlieu uot otherwise iDdicated.] 

Inspector (leneral of the Army— ContinuLHi. 
Ueporls of remedial action, inspeilions, 1J4. 

Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia, annual inspection, scope, report, etc., 50. 
Status and authority as chief of bureau, (i. 
Vacancy, how filled, ;i. 
(See Chiefs of lUireau, p. 373.} 
Inspector (Jeucral's Dcpiirt iiient: 

Acting inspectors t'eneral, authorized, 4. 

Ulank forms furnished by, 583. 

Detail of line omcers to, 3, 493. 

Expert accountant, 5. 

Historical record, 137C. 

Inspection of money accounts assigned— 

Board of road commissioners for Alaska, 133. 

California I )6bris Commission, 1.33. 

Commercial business, Alaskan cable and telegraph lines, 132. 

International Commission of the Congresses of Navigation, 133. 

Red Cross, audit, 340. 
Investigations, duties, and powers of, 2(). 
I'ublic properly, unserviceable — 

Donating through action of, 270. 

Inspection of, for condemnation is one of the legal duties of, 250. 
Organization, 1. 2, 474. 
Vacancies in, how filled, 1, 3. 

(See Inspector General of a Division, p. 329; Inspector General of the Army, p. 329; 
and Inspectors (ieneral. below.) 
Inspectors: 

Militia, detail of line officers as, 903. 

Money account inspection, restrictions in detailing, 131, 134. 
Purchase by, of property on which they have acted, 1203. 
Special, for condemnation of property- 
Appointments — 

Fortification and river and harlwr property, 319. 
Necessity for, to be minimized, 25(). 
Ordnance stores, restriction in selection of, 255. 

Authorized, when and l^y whom, 254, 255, 319. 
Uniform for, during their inspections, 1545. 
(See Inspectors General, below.) 
Inspectors (Jenenil: 
.\cting, 4. 

Annual report, 17, 305, 308. 
Assistance, facilities, etc., in inspecting, 29. 
Clerical aid, etc., in inspecting, 29. 
Clerks, 28. 

Colonels, number reduced, 2. 

Depositaries to render statements of disbursing oflicers' accounts to, 237. 
Inspecting on Sunday, 38. 

Inspections and investigations, special, to be made by, 11, 40. 
Messenger, 28. 
Mileage for, 39, 40. 
Number of, authorized, 1, 2. 
Personal reports, 12-14, 10. 



INDEX. 331 

I Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated. I 

Inspectors General— Continued. 

Special duties relative to— 

Ammunition, storage in company storeroom not to be reported as a defect, 
:it>3. 

Annual report of division, 17, .3tJo. 

Arms and equipments, 8. 

Army transports, inspection, 40, 47. 

Arsenal inspections- 
Normal conditions desired, 34. 
Questions, sending to commanding ofReer, 110. 
Scope, subjects, etc., 110. 

Baker, chief, where inspected , 87. 

Balances on deposit, verification of, 142, 242. 

Bayonet exercises, 80. 

Bedsieads, old pattern, condemnation, 292. 

Boats, Coast Artillery, 49, 109. 

Bonds, disbursing ofTicers', inspection of money accounts, 142(o). 

Brass rings, buckles, etc., on condemned ordnance property, 324. 

Business methods, 31, 42, 98, 136, 137. 

Cash, verification at inspection, 141, 142(c). 

Chaplains, 85. 

Check stubs, notations and marking, 142(n), (p). 

Closing statements, lists of outstanding checks and balances, 241. 

Clothing accounts, 94. 

Clothing, uniform, condemnation, 293-298. 

Complaints, 92, 93, 1427. 

Conclusions, own, to be stated in reports, 92. 

Conduct of officers and troops, 8. 

Contracts, copies of, for Department of the Interior, 140. 

Correspondence- 
Battalion and squadron commanders as channels, 99, 577. 
Direct, with Inspector General of the Army, 1341. 
Unnecessary, 98. 

Cost price, inventory and inspection reports, 270. 

Depot inspection^ 

Normal conditions desired, 34. 

Notification to Quartermaster General of proposed, 36. 
Questions, sending, to commanding officer, 110. 
Scope, subjects, etc., 110. 

Desertions, 84. 

Discipline, 8, HI. 

Division, inspet'ting, within a department, 20. 

Duties of inspectors — 

Requirements for eflicient discharge of, 30. 
Sphere of inquiry, 7, 8. 
Study of, enjoined, 30. 

EfTiciency of the troops, 8, 79-81, 101-103, 104, 105, 111. 

Electrical machines. Engineer property, condemnation, 310. 

Emplacement book, 108. 

Equipments- 
Field Artillery, large arts, condemnation, 331 
Old pattern, serviceable, criticisms, 100. 



332 INDEX. 

I Numbers refer to i)ara>.'raphs when not otherwise indicaled.] 

Inspectors General— Continued. 

Special duties relative to— ronlinued. 
Equipments— Continued . 

Personal and horse— 

Condemnation, 32S-330, 333. 

Sale of, may be recommended, 330, note. 

Troops for inspection, prescribed by, 77. 
Expenditures of property and moneys, 8, 131, 136, 137. 
Field glasses, 96. 

Field officers' physical fitness, 82. 
Field service, readiness of troops for, 79. 
Fires, protection against , 11;")2. 

Forms b and ja, I. G. Dept., use and disposition, p. 230, par. 11. 
Funds, company, post-exchange, etc., inspection, 740. 
(Jnard report, 97. 

Graduates of the training schools, 79. 
Guns- 
Inspection during closed season, 106, 820. 

Pitting, 92. 
Harbor charts, condemnation, 317. 
Harness, condemnation of black artillery, 331. 
Haversacks, condemnation, 333. 
Horses, condemnation for visciousness, etc., 282, 283. 
Hospital fund account, inspection, 791. 
Injustice to organizations or individuals, 24. 
In((uiry, sphere of, 7. 

Inspections, status of, to be reported, when, 18 
Instruction — 

("oast Artillery— 
As infantry, 104. 

Drill by fire and mine commanders, 105. 
Primers and lanyards, 107. 
Service of defense materiel, 105. 

Field Artillery, 79, 81, 101-103. 

Troops, tests in instruction, bayonet exercLses and riding, 79-81. 
Instructions for inspections, to whom made known, 19. 
Inventory and inspection reports- 
Articles inventoried, but not inspected, 269. 

Authority for submission of certain property for inspection, 260. 

Brass rings, buckles, etc., 324. 

•' Broken up," use of serviceable parts, 267(6), note. 

Clothing, 293. 

Cost price not given, 270. 

Metallic parts, old black leather artillery harness, 331. 

Turned in to depot for purposes other than repair, 268. 
Investigations- 
Accusations against an officer, 2.'5. 

Briefs not to be received, 2(!. 

Complaints, 92, 93. 

Duties and powers, 26. 

Informal conversation or comment on subjects of, 23. 

Irregularities and deficiencies, certain, 92. 

Oaths 1o witnesses, 26. 



INDEX. 333 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

laspectors General— Continued. 

Special duties relative to — Continued. 
Investigations — Continued. 
Reports, 20. 

Scope, limits, public and confidential, 26. 
Testimony, furnishing copies of, 26. 
Irregularities and deficiencies- 
Defects observed by, suggestions for correction, 9, 112. 
Investigation and report, 92, 112. 

Irregularities to be reported witii strict impartiality, 8, 22. 
Own views and conclusions required, when, 92. 
Statements of, observed at inspection — 
Form, 111, pp. 241-244. 

Furnishing of, to commanding officer, 124-127. 
Law, regulations or orders not to be criticised, 112 
Orders or regulations upon which defects, etc., are based, to be cited 

in, 116. 
Recommendations to be included in, 127. 
Trivial matters, how treated, 126. 
Itineraries for tours, 16, 20. 
Lamps, condemnation, 301. 
Law, regulations, or orders, criticisms, 112. 
Library books, 91. 

Machine-gun parts, condemnation, 334. 
Machine-gun platoons, 79. 
Medical journals, disposition of, old, 311. 
Medical property, worthless, not to be turned in to depots, 313. 
Medicines, recommendations for sale, 312. 
Mobile troops, efficiency tests, 79. 
Money accounts — 

Closing statements, 241. 
In general, 8. 
Inspection, 131, 134-142. 
Method of inspection, 142. 
Paymasters', 138. 

Precedence over other insi>ections, 141. 
Morning report, 97. 

Mounted troops, test in riding at inspections, 81. 
Mounts, rigid examination of officers', at inspection, 81. 
National cemeteries, superintendents, 978. 
Nonnal conditions, desired at inspections, 34, 110. 
Observation, general, within command, 8. 
Officers — 

Conduct and efficiency, 8, 79. 
Field, physical fitness, 82. 
Incapacitated, 83. 

Mounted, riding test at inspection, 81. 
Orders- 
Giving of, by, 21. 
Inspections — 

Copies of, to whom furnished by, 16, 20. 
Economical plan, 135. 
Mileage involved, 35, 39, 40. 



334 rWDEX. 

IXumbtTs refer to paragraphs when not otherwise Indicated. ] 

Inspectors General— Continued. 

Special duties relative to— Continued. 
Orders— Continued. 

Inspections— Continued. 

Recruiting stations, auxiliary, 1407. 
To be made known to commanders, etc., 19. 
Written, to be given, 34. 
Investigations, 16, 35, 39, 40. 
Ordnance detachments, inspection, nO(c). 
Ordnance property, excess and surplus, 33. 
Ovens, condemnation, 308. 
Overcoats, fur and blanlict lined, care of, 95. 
Personal reports, 12-14, IH. 

Post inspection. (See Inspection of a Garrisoned Post, p. 319.) 
Problems or exercises to test efficiency of the troops, 79-81. 
Public money — 

Expenditure, 8, 131, 13ti, 137. 
Public property — 
Condition, 8. 
Expenditure, 8. 

Serviceable, condemnation of worn, shabby, or old pattern, 273, 328, 339. 
Cnser\'iceablp — 

Destruction of worthless, 275. 
Examination for condemnation, 264-266. 
Inspection of — 

All, to be made during tours, 256. 
On any ofTicial visit, 32. 
Reinspection of condemned, 274. 

Turning in to depot , memoranda of head of staff department to 
guide, 271. 
Purchase by, of property on which they have acted, 1203. 
Quartermaster General to be notified by , of proposed inspection of depot, 36. 
Range finding, 79. 

Reconnai.ssancG, drafting, and surveying instruments, condemnation, ,322. 
Recruiting stations, inspection, 117, 1406, 1407. 
Recruits, unfitness, 92, 1427. 
Reporting in person, 15. 
Reports not prescribed , 98. 
Reports of inspections — 

Addressing and forwarding, 68, 118-120, p. 237. 
Buildings, designation and number to be given, 114. 
Commendatory extracts from, not to be furnished by, 123. 
Conclusions — 

Instructions relative to, 92, 111, 112, 117. 
Own views and, required, when, 92. 
Criticisms of old pattern , ser\-iceable equipment, 100. 
Drills and exercises held, to be stated in. Ill, 113. 
Extraneous subjects not to be included in. 112. 
Form of, for garrisoned post, 111, pp. 2.'!5-241. 
Initialing last indorsement on, by division inspector general, 130. 
Irregularities and deficiencies oflast inspection, unremedied. 111. 
Law, regulations or orders, criticisms, 112. 



INDEX. 335 

[Numbers refer to paragraphn when not otherwise Indicated.] 

Inspectors General— Continued. 

Special duties relative to— Continued. 
Reports of inspections — Continued. 

Oflk'«rs commended, names to be given in, 115. 
Own views and conclusions required , wlien, 92. 
Recommendations, 111, 112, p. 230. 
Recruiting stations, 117. 
Separate reports on general questions, 112. 
Reports, verbal, upon returning from tours, 37. 
Review, received by, 035. 
Safes, unused, to be opened by, 139. 
Sand glasses, ordnance property, condemnation, 336. 
Ser^^ces of, to be offered on any official visit, 32. 
Signal Corps officers, test in riding at inspections, 81. 
Small arms — 

Condemnation, 337. 
Destruction of, prohibited, 337. 
Removal of oil from, for inspection, prohibited, 426. 
Test as to serviceability of rifle, 338. 
Sphere of inquiry, 7. 
Supplies- 
Inferior quality, 92. 
In general, 8. 

Old pattern, serviceable, criticisms, 100. 
Subsistence sales list, 27. 
Supply departments failing to meet conditions, 92. 
Tableware, condemnation, 302-303. 
Telephones, 96. 

Transportation, pack and wagon, 79. 
Troops — 

Instruction, 8, 79-81, 101-103, 104, 105, 107. 
Tests in instruction, bayonet exercise and riding, 79-81. 
Uniform for troops at inspection, prescribed by, 77. 
Views, own to be stated in reports, 92. 
Visits to posts, to offer services on any official, 32. 
Vouchers, clothing, 94. 
Window shades, condemnation, 300. 
Status when assigned to a command and when not so assigned, 10. 
Sunday inspection by, 38. 
I'niform for, during their inspections, 1545. 
Inspector's Pocket Kit: 

Fortification equipment suppUed by Signal Corps, 723(6). 
Installations: 

Fortifieations- 

Changes by battery commanders, 715. 
Electrical and mechanical- 
Inspection for condemnation, 315, 342. 
Inventory and inspection reports, 279(rf), 315. 
(See Fire-control Installations, p. 302.) 
Instruction: 

Department commander's duties in connection with, 66, 899, 902, 1028. 
Division commander's duties as to troops, 67. 



336 INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Instruction— Continued. 
Mihtia— 

By noncommissioned officers of tlie Regulars, 1010. 
Coast defense exercises, joint Army and, 902. 
Enlisted men of the Regulars for detail with the, 883. 
Tobefacihtated,9fil. 
Noncommissioned oflicers to be carefully instructed, 998. 
Officers entfTing Corps of Engineers, scheme, 900. 
Post commander's duties relative to, 10.50-1052. 
Practical- 
Ambulance companies, 922. 
Athletics and gymnastics, 930, 931. 
Battalion commanders to have full control, when, 890. 
Bayonet, importance, test at inspection, etc., 80. 
Cavalry- 
Garrison and field trainmg, 894-899, 902-905, 917-919, 925, 927-930, 934,935. 

Tests of, by inspector, 79, 81. 

With wireless telegraph sections, 902. 
Coast Artillery- 
Athletics and gymnastics. 930. 

Battery equipment before firing, 912. 

Drills- 
Suspension of, during installations by Signal Corps, 690. 
Who may be excused, 913. 

Encampments, annual, 914. 

Infantry, 104, 910, 930. 

Instniction orders, 908. 

Joint exercises with militia, 902. 

Mines, service of, 915. 

Mortars- 
Fire direction, method of making checks, 911. 
Laying, errors in azimuth, correction, 910. 

Practice marches, 897. 

Primers and lanyards, 107. 

Service and subcaliber practice, 912. 

Signaling, 920. 

Small-arms practice, 910. 

Submarine mining, 915. 

Target practice, preparation and conduct, 909. 

Test of, by inspectors, 104, 105, 107. 
Company commanders to have full control, when, 89C. 
Cooking, individual, during season of, 1290. 
Engineer companies, with engineer equipment. 001. 
Field Artillery- 
Garrison and field training, 894-S99, 90:i-907, 917-910, 925, 927-930, 1515. 

Instruction orders, 900. 

Repairing telephones, 1515. 

Tests of, by inspectors, 79, 81, 101-103. 
Field hospitals, 922. 
Field training, S95. 
First aid, 919-921. 

Garrison training of the mobile army, 894. 
Haversack ration, use of, during season of, 1290. 



INDEX. 337 

[Numbors refer to paragraphs when not otherwise Indicated.] 

Instruction — Continued. 
Practical — Continued. 

Hospital Corps detachments, 923. 
Infantry- 
Bayonet, SO. 
Garrison and field trainmg, 80, 894-899, 905, 917-919, 92o, 927, 92S, 930, 934, 

935. 
Tests of, by inspectors, 79-81. 
Machine-gun platoons, 79, 934-936. 
Practice marches — 
Coast Artillery, 897. 
Mobile troops, 897. 
Oflicers failing to march, 898. 
Reconnaissance instruments, use, 438. 
Riding ttsts at inspections, 81. 
Saber and bayonet contests, 905. 
Signal Corps, extended order drill, 924. 
Signaling, S94, 925-927. 
Swimming — 
Horses, 929. 
Troops, 928. 
Target practice — 

Supplementary season, small arms, 918. 
Target year, 917. 
Tests of, by inspectors, 79-81, 101-105, 107. 
Recruits at recruit depots, 1424, 1425. 

Reduction of correspondence so that more time may be devoted to, 1358. 
Reports of inspections, conclusions as to. 111. 
Time to be devoted to, 899. 
Theoretical- 
Ambulance companies, 922. 
Enlisted men for detail with the militia, 883. 
Field Artillery officers in indoor firing practice, 90G. 
Field hospitals, 922. 

First aid to company officers by surgeons, 920, 921. 
Garrison schools for officers, 879-881, 887. 
Hospital Corps detachments, 923. 

Noncommissioned officers' schools, on military subjects, 882. 
Post schools for enlisted men, 882, 884, 885. 
Service schools, 877, 878. 
Textbooks- 
Athletic and gymnastic exercises, 933. 
Schools and special study, 889-893. 
Instructions: 

For inspections- 
Copies of written, to whom furnished, 16, 20. 
Not to be published, 34. 
To whom made known, 19. 
Instructors: 

Militia, detail of line officers as, 963. 
Instruments. (See Band Instruments, p. 259; Drafting Instraments, p. 293; Elec- 
trical Instruments, p. 295; Fire-Control Instruments, p. 302; Measuring Instru- 
ments, p. 340; Medif^al Property, p. 347: Meteorological Instruments, p. 348; Optical 
instruments, p. 357; Surveying Instruments, p. 408- ) 

12969°— 12 22 



338 INDEX. 

I Niimbors refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indioatefll 

Insurance: 

Of public money or property prohibited, 211. 
Inteinperiinre: 

Prevention, especially in the Tropics, 687. 
Interest: 
Loaning— 

At usurious rates by- 
Civilian employees, 655. 
Enlisted men, 1277. 
Company or regimental fund, etc., at, 732. 
International Commission of tlie foncresses of Wn lijation: 

Inspection of money accounts, 133. 
Intoxicatini;' Liquors. (See Liquors, p. 343.) 
Intrenehlni? Tools: 

Coast Artillery to carry, when, 10-t. 
Field training in use of, 895. 

Hand ax and pick mattock, use for driving tent pins, 1523. 
Iincntory; 

c/uartermaster supplies at least once a year, 1062, 1219. 
Subsistence stores, monthly, 1062, 1237. 
Inventory and Inspection Keports: 
Approval of - 

Authority for, 277. 
By chiefs of bureaus, 279. 
P^ach copy to be indorsed, 278. 
In case of— 

Ammunition for cannon, 279(c). 
Blankets, 279(f). 
Buildings, 279(a), 287. 
Clothing, uniform, 279(f). 
Electrical appliances, certain, 279(d). 
Electrical installations, certain, 279(d). 
Guns and carriages, 279(c). 
Horses condemned for viciousness, etc., 282. 
Mechanical appliances, certain, 279(d). 
Mechanical installations, certain, 279(d). 
Property, valuable, 279(b). 
Not necessary, worthless property destroyed, 275. 
.\rticles inventoried, not presented, 269. 
.\uthority of, for turning in ordnance property, ,3.35. 
Certificate of ollicer witnessing destruction of condemned property, 275. 
Clothing to set forth— 

Amount of damage, 293. 

List for issue to prisoners or to soldiers at reduced prices, 293. 
Cost price not given, 270. 
Disposal of— 

.\fter approval, 279. 
After inspection of the property, 279. 
Forms, blank- 
Furnished by Inspector General of the .Vrmy, 258, 583. 
Headings " To be dropped," etc., use defined, 267. 
Forwarding for approval, channels, etc., 279. 



INDEX. 3^ 

[Numbers refpr to pai-a.Krajihs whoa not otherwise indicated.] 

Inventory and Inspection Reports Continued. 
Inventories, preparation and submission — 
Ammunition for cannon, 325. 
Animals, 259, 280. 

Authority for submission, of certain property — 
Noted on, 260. 
.Shown to inspector, 260. 
Buildings, 286. 
Cost price, 270. 
Duplicate, 258. 
Emergency, pressing, 259. 
Engineer property, 315, 318. 
Guns and carriages, 325. 
Medical books, 310. 
Medicines, 310. 

RiQesand revolvers of companies, rebrowning, etc., 340. 
Separate inventories required in case of — 
Ammunition, camion, 325. 
Animals, 280. 
Buildings, 286. 

Engineer property, certain, 315, 318, 320. 
Gims and carriages, 325. 

Rifles and revolvers of companies, needing rebrowning, etc., 340. 
Signal property, certain, 342. 

Subsistence property as distinct from subsistence stores. 30)7. 
Signal property- 
Electrical and mechanical installations and appliances, 342. 
Electrical apparatus, expensive, 343. 
Field glasses, 343. 
Telephones, 343. 
Telescopes, 343. 
Signing, property held on memorandum receipt. 261. 
Subsistence suppi ies, 307. 

Surgical and scientific instruments and appliances, Medical Department, 310. 
Tj'pe writers- 
Quartermaster's Department, 305, 
Signal Corps, 344. 
Notations in, required to be made by inspector— 
• Articles inventoried but not presented, 269. 

Articles "To be brolcen up," use of serviceable parts, 267(&), note. 
Articles "To be turned i-n to depot,'' for purposes other than repair, 268. 
Brass rings, buckles, etc., cut off of ordnance property, 3'24. 
Buildings "To be broken up," use of serviceable parts, 267(6), note. 
Clothing, 293. 

Metallic parts of old black artillery harness, 331. 
Small arms, d&struction prohibited on, 267(d), 337. 
Submission for approval , channels, 279. 
Survey report to accompany, 257, 263. 
Valid voucher, worthless property, 275. 
investigations: 

Accusations against an officer, 25. 
Army transport matters, 46, 47. 
Briefs not to be received, 26. 



340 INDEX. 

I Nnmbors refor to paragraplis whou not othorwise indicated.] 

In vpstlffatlons— Continued. 

{'oiiiplaints, 92, 93. 

Department commanders', 39. 

Desertions, 84. 

Division commanders', 39. 

Duties and powers of inspectors general, 26. 

Gims, pitting, 92. 

Informal conversation or comment on subjects of, by inspectors, 23. 

Involving travel, by whom made, 39, -K). 

Irregularitias and deficiencies, 92. 

Itineraries for, 1(1. 

Mileage limited for, 39, 40. 

Oaths to witn&sscs, 26. 

Orders for— 

Inspectors general to furnish Inspector General of the Army copies of, 16. 

Involving mileage, 39, 40. 
Recruits, unfitness, etc., 92, 1427. 
Reports, 26, 130. 

Scope, limits, etc., of confidential and public, by inspectors general, 26. 
Stippli&s, inferior quality, 92. 
Supply departments failing to meet conditions, 92. 
Testimony, fumi.shing copies of, 26. 
Invoices; 

Money transferred, notations on, 1S7. 
Ordnance property turned in, preparat ion, 1270. 
Irregfularitlps -.uul Dclic-icncies: 

Army transports, found or reported, to l)e investigated, 40, 47. 

Defined, 112. 

Investigation and report of certain, 46, 47, 92. 

Reports of inspections — 

Arrangement in. 111. 

Commanders to correct, 118. 

Inspectors' own \iews and conclusions reciuired, when, 92. 

Irregularities to be reported with strict impartiality, 8, 22. 

Law or regulations, criticisms, 112. 

Money accounts, how reported in, 137. 

Old pattern articles, serviceable, criticisms, 100. 

Orders or regulations upon which defects, etc., are based, to be cited, 116. 

To show tliat statement of, has been furnished, 125. 

Unremedied, from previous in.spections. 111. • 

Statement of, noted by in.spector— 

Action by commanding odicer on, 124, 128, 129. 

In.spector to furnish commanding ollicer with, 124. 

Original to bo kept on file, 124. 

Preparation of - 

Ammimit ion, storage iu company storeroom not a defect, 363. 

Form, 111, pp. 241-244. 

Law, regulations, and orders, criticisms, 112. 

Old pattern articles, serviceable, criticisms, 100. 

Orders or regulations upon which defects, etc., are based, to be cited in, 

116. 
Recommendations, what lo bo included in, 112, 127, p. 236. 
Trivial matters, how treated, I'Jii. 
Suggestions by inspectors general for correction of defects, 9, 1 r.'. 



INDEX. 341 

[Numbers refer to paraf^raplis when not otherwise indicated.] 
Nsups: 

Clothing, to be carefully scrutinized, 1507. 

Precaution.'^, when not personally superintended by an oflicer, 1192. 

Worn but serviceable ordnance property, 1265. 
Itineraries: 

Inspection tours, 16, 20. 

Investigations, 16. 
Janitors: 

Not servants in sense of R. S. 1232, 1142. 
.ludse Advocate General's Department: 

Reorganization, 474. 
Journals: 

Medical, inspection for condemnation, .311. 

Of marches, 1357. 
Keys: 

Emplacements, stations, etc., responsibility, turning over, etc., 709. 

Storerooms or chests, intrusted to enlisted men or civilians, precautions, 119.3. 

Turning over to Signal Corps at work on fire-control installations, 699 
Kitchen Car: 

Equipment furnished by Subsistence Department, 467. 
Kitchen Tourist Cars: 

Instructions relative to, 1541. 
Kitchen Ttenslls: 

Enamel ware, purchase from company fund, 751. 

Post commander's supervision and care, 1056. 

Stock to be kept at posts and stations, 1218. 
Kits: 

Blanket roll, 39,i. 

Field, ammunition to be carried in, 353. 

Field and surplus for Coast Artillery, 104, 394. 

Field, service, and surplus, 384, 394. 

Infantry equipment pack, 395. 

Inspector's pocket, suppUed by the Signal Corps, 723(6). 

Mess. (See Me.ss Kits, p. 348.) 

Repair, ordnance, 454. 

Surplus kit bag, 397. 
Knapsack: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Knives: 

Hospital Corps- 
Destruction on inventory and inspection reports prohibited, 337. 
To be worn at inspections under arms, 444. 

How worn, or carried, 396. 
Labor: 

Convict, on Government contracts, 670. 

Hired, use for private purposes, 1197. 

Hours of, regulations, 641. 

(See Eight-Hour Law, p. 294.) 
Lamps: 

Electric, for Ughting fortifications, furnished by Engineer Department, 723(c). 

Inspection for condemnation, 301. 

Oil , for fire-control stations, supplied by Quartermaster's Department, 723(d). 
I.ance Corporals: 

Appointment limitation, 1006. 



.'342 INDEX. 

I Numbers rcfiT to paragraphs whou not otherwise indicated.] 

L:inil: 

Sale of river and harbor property, 321. 
Lanterns: 

Reserve, for fortifu-ations— 

Allowance for batteries, 725. 
Furnished by Engineer Department, 723(a). 
L;inyar(1s: 

Drill, Coast Artillery, 1U7. 
Revolver, inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Safety device, 107. 
Lard: 

Sa\ings of, and purchase of "lard compound," from company funds, 7,>7. 
Lariat'^: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Lariat Straps: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Ldunehes. (See Boats, p. 264.) 
Laundries: 

.Vgents for private, companies or post exchanges can not act as, 7i'>8, 1091. 
Changes or extensions of Government, 947. 
Charges, how fixed, 941. 
Hospital, 94.5. 

Laundering of olive-drab uniforms, 944. 
I^ost exchange, 940. 1090. 
I'ost (Quartermaster's Department)— 
Charges, how fixed, 941. 
Competing vv'ith private enterprise, law, 939. 
Credit to enlisted men, 940. 
Establishment, 937. 
Indebtedness to, 940, 942. 
Receipts, law, 939. 
Records, 1380. 

Regulations for operation and maintenance, 938. 
Work for ol h-r branches of the Government, law, 939. 
Private, established at posts, status, 943. 
La vi : 

Criticisms of, in inspection reports, 112. 
Lead: 

Junk, signal property, disposition, 127.5. 
Leather: 

For repairs, storage, and care, 1195. 
Leaves of Absence: 

Commencement and expiration, 14. 
Lectures: 

To militia, by noncommissioned officers of the Regulars, 1010. 
Lei?al Holidays. (See Holidays, p. 313.) 
Le^iflnRs: 

Inspection for condemnation, Philippines Division, 297. 
Odd articles, how disposed of, 298. 
Legislation: 

Anticanteen, to have a fair trial, 1101. 

Bureaus, oflices. subordinates, etc., applying for, etc., 652. 

Influencing, by olbcers or employees, 651. 



INDEX. 343 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Letter Headings: 

Printing, matter authori/.ed in, i:52.h. 
Letterlnif: 

Mortar pits, 70S. 

Stencils for seacoast gun and mortar. 723(c). 
Letters: 

Uniform, inspection for condemnation, 297. 
Letters- Keeelved Bctok: 

Discontinued, 1319. 
Lftter.s-Sent Book: 

Discontinued, 1319. 
Libraries: 

Books, 91, ISO. 
Inspection of post, 91. 
War Department and General StafI, 1182. 
Lieutenant Colonel: 

Command, appropriate for, 575. 
Life Boujs: 

Army transports, 521. 
Ll^litlnir: 

Changes or extensions in gas or electric systems, 1578. 
Fortifications- 
Electric circuits, dans^er in installing, 706. 
Electric, of fire-control stations and instruments, 695. 
Furnished by Engineer Department, 723(a). 
Guns and carriages at. 723(f). 
Post bakeries, 103»i. 

Post buildings and grounds, from fortification electric plants, 712. 
Link; 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Lliioleiini: 

Fortifications, furnished by Engineer Department, 723(a). 
Liquors: 

Hospital fund, for use of sick, 789. 
Intoxicating — 

Army transports, 47, 530. 
Post exchanges, 1100. 
Litters: 

Hand, supply and readiness for use, 1.537. 
Inspection, monthly, 1059. 
Loadini!; Apparatus: 

Motors for mechanical, supplied by Ordnance epartment, 723(f). 
Loans: 

At usurious rates of interest by- 
Civilian employees. 655. 
Enlisted men, 1277. 
Books, to oflicers from War Department and Cieneral Staff libraries, 1182. 
Company fund- 
On interest, 732. 
To enlisted men, 776. 
To regimental fimd, 775. 
Post-exchange fimds, 732. 
Public money, 228. . 
Public property, 1215. 



814 INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 
Lockers: 

Box, troops changing station to take, 1225. 

Marking of trunk, 427. 

Ofllcers' field baggage, use of. 564. 

Painting, standard color, 1230. 

Wall, branding, removal, returns, 1221. 
Lodgings. (See (Juarlers, p. 380). 
Loss: 

Company and other quasi public funds, procedure, 739. 

Public moneys, relief, 229, 1500. 

(See Public Property, p. 374.) 
Machetes: 

Destruction on inventory and inspection reports, prohibited, 337. 
Machinc-(iun Coiiipnnlcs: 

Arms and equipments for enlisted men, 384, 393. 

Organization, 487. 
Maflilne-(jiun Platoons: 

Arms and equipments — 

Accountable ollicer for, 1259. 
Enlisted men, 384, 393. 

Commander, to have full control of instruction, when, 935. 

Cook, acting, detail, 489. 

Enlisted strength and composition, 488. 

Field glass, high power, 400. 

Firing and drill regulations for, 936. 

Guns and gun equipment, 400, 816. 

Inspection, 79. 

Instruction, 934-936. 

Mess, company fund allotments, 763. 

Mess sergeants, detail, 1001. 

Noncommissioned officers, appointment, promotion, reduction, 1005. 

Ordnance property, to be taken on change of station, 1264. 

Quarters for, 1288. 

Range finders for, 400. 

Rifles need not be carried on drill, 392. 

Signal outfits, 400, 471-473. 
Machlne-Guns: 

Parts, inspection for condemnation, 334. 

(See Guns and Carriages, p. 311.) 
Marhine-Gun Troop: 

Arms and equipment for enlisted men, 384, 393. 

Organization, 487. 
Machinery: 

Manufacturer's printed directions, force of orders, 718. 

Ordnance repair shops, 723(c). 
Magazines: 

Explosives, instructions to be hung in, 352. 

Fortifications, thermometers, and hygrometers for, 723(c). 

Peace, storage, at what posts to be constructed, 727. 
Mattnct<»-(«enoriitors: 

Fortifications, supplied by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Mail: 

Marking of foreign, containing dutiable articles, 948. 



INDEX. 345 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Malloin Treatment: 

OflTicers' private mounts, 1178. 
Public animals, 1135, 1178. 
Manes: 

Alterations in public animals', 1170, 1177. 
Manuiils: 

Accounted for, how, 285. 
Athletics and gymnastics, 933. 
Inspection for condemnation, 28.5. 
Officers' personal use, 1183. 
Requests for copies of, to whom addressed. 1181. 
Turning in to War Department, 285. 
Manufacturers: 

Printed directions, force of orders, 718. 
Manufacture.s: 

Ordnance material used in, appropriations, 182. 
Raw material used in, inspection, 74. 
Manure: 

Posts, use. sale, etc., 949. 
Proceeds of sales, 174. 
Maps: 

Domestic or foreign territory, containing military infoimation, 952. 
Fire-control stations, 1337. 
Route maps, 951, 1357. 

System of scales and contour intervals for military, 950. 
Marches: 

Baggage to lie taken by troops on, 562. 
Field notes, route maps, and journals, 1357. 
Field training, 895. 
Practice, 897, 898, 1517. 
Tentage, allowance for, 1517. 
Marine Corps: 

Command by officers of— 

Mixed corps, 954. 

Troops of the Army on Army transports, etc., 533. 
Detached for service with Army — 

Orders, how communicated to, 953. 

Rations, 953. 

Subject to Rules and Articles of War, 953. 
Enlisted men of, on Anny transports — 

Messing of certain grades, 957. 

Ration allowance for sick, 535. 

Status as to police and guard duty, receiving orders, etc., 534. 
Ordnance property, sale to officers of, 958. 
Transportation on Army transports, law, 536. 

Uniform, penalty for discrimination by places of amusement against, 1280. 
Aiarklng:: 

Ammunition, blank, metallic, etc., 350. 
Boxes — 

Ordnance property, 12(i9. 

Packing quartennaster's stores, 1229. 

Powder, 1255. 
Cartridge storage cases, 1255. 



346 INDEX. 

I Numbers refer to para^iapbs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Marking— Continued. 

Check stui)s, by inspectors, 142. 

Equipments- 
Changing old markings, 449. 
Enlisted men's, 397, 427, 42H, 448, 449, 473. 

Field glasses and carrying cases, 473. 

First-aid pouches, 448. 

Mail, foreign, containing dutiable matter, 948. 

Projectiles, 356. 

Stencils for, guns and emplacements, 723(c). 

Surplus kit bag, 397. 

Telescopes and carrying cases, 473. 
Marrlasio: 

Recruiting parties, 1414. 
Master Klectrlclans: 

Addressed verbally, how, 984. 

Anns and equipments, 384. 

Position at review and inspection, 991. 

Turning out in heavy marching order, 991. 
Master (Jiinners: 

Addressed verbally, how, 984. 

Arms and equipments, 384. 

Position at review and inspection, 991. 

Turning out in heavy marching order 991. 
Matches: 

Company or regimental property, packing, 1228. 

Increase or decrease of allowance by division coiiunander, 1483. 
Material: 

Inspection of raw, used by contractors, 74. 

Use of words "materiel" and, in publications, 1185. 
Mat«rlel: 

Use of words "material" and, in publications, 1185. 
Matrons. (See Hospital Matrons, p. 317.) 
Mattock: 

Pick, use for driving tent pins, 1523. 
Meals: 

Recruiting stations- 
Contract for, with wife of member of party, 067. 
Inspection of, by recruiting officer, 1408. 
Reliates not authorized to men, 668. 
Tickets unused, disposition, 068. 

Regulations with reference to officers', on transport's, 522, 523. 
Means oi" Transportation. (See Transportation, p. 413.) 
Measurinir Instruments: 

Unserviceable, instructions as to guaranteed, 1249. 
Meat Cans: 

How carried, 396. 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Mechanical Installations: 

Inspection for condemnation- 
Engineer property, 315. 
Sicnal property, 342. 

Inventory and inspection reports, approval, 279(d). 



INDEX. 347 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when uot otherwise indicated.] 

Mechanics: 

Battery, training school for, 877(o). 
Disratin;;:, prior to discharge, 1007. 
Medals: 

Bronze, Navy, not to be worn on Army uniform, 558. 
Enlisted men serving sentence of conftneinenl. not to wear, 557. 
Issued by Ordnance Department, how dropped from returns, 659. 
Kinds, how worn, occasions, etc., 555. 
Medals of honor— 

Award, conditions, and recommendations, 545, 546. 

How obtained, 545. 

How worn, occasions, etc., boi>. 

Lost or destroyed, may be replaced, 545. 

New design, 545. 

Presentation ceremonial, 548. 

Ribbons, 55G, 557. 

To whom awarded since 1S97, names, 547. 
Officers suspended, not to wear, 557. 
Ribbons in lieu of— 

Allowance for issue to enlisted men, 55(>. 

How worn, occasions, etc., 550. 

Not to be worn by suspended officers nor certain prisoners, 557. 

Sale to officers, 550. 
Medical Board: 

At recruit depots, 021. 
Medical Corps: 

Board, appointments in, 592. 
Officer of, detail to Red Cross, 347. 
Orgauization, 474. 
Service schools for, S77 (i), 0). 
Medical Department: 

Ambulance companies. (See Ambulance Companies, p. 248.) 
Dental Corps. (See Dental Corps, p. 287.) 
Equipment pre.scribed for, 439. 

I'emale Nurse Corps. (See Army Nurse Corps, p. 254.) 
Field hospitals. (See Field hospitals, p. 301.) 
Hospital Corps. (See Hospital Corps, p. 310.) 
Inspection of troops for foreign service, 525. 
Medical attendance for troops on transports, 520. 
Medical Corps. (See Medical Corps, above.) 
Medical Reserve Corps. (See Medical Reserve Coryjs, p. 348.) 
Organization, 474. 
Records, 13S2-1384. 

Tentage, allowance for sanitary units, 1518. 
Transportation, allowance for sanitary units, 1525. 
Medical Inspection: 

Troops ordered for foreign service, 525. 
Medical J'ropcrly: 

Appliances, inspection for condemnation, 310. 

Care and use, regulations, 1245. 

Expendable and nonexpendable lists, 1244. 

Field chests, in.spection, order for field service, etc., 1246. 

Litters, hand, for companies, 1537. 



348 INDEX. 

1 Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Medical Property— Ck)ntinued. 

Medical boolcs and journals, inspection for condemnation, 310, 311. 

Medical instruments- 
Examination at least once a month by medical officer, 1243. 
Inspection for condemnation, 310. 

Medicines— 

Inspection for condemnation, 310, 312. 
Purchase of, standard required, (19. 
Sale of condemned, 252, 312. 

Proceeds of sales of serviceable, 177. 

Unserviceable, worthless, not to be turned in to depot, 31. 

Verification and examination, annual, 1242. 
Medical Reserve Corps: 

Hoard, appointments in, 593. 

Organization, 474. 
Medical School. (See .\rmy Medical School, p. 254.) 
Medlclnos. (See .Medical property, above.) 
Mev'iipliones: 

Fortification, supplied by Signal Corps, 723(6). 
Members of Congress. (See Congress, p. 282.) 
Memorandum Uecplpts: 

Authorized, etc., 121(), 1217, 1219. 

lilankots to be issued on, 457. 

Company fimds, etc., left when custodian is absent, 731. 

Field cooking equipment, issue on, 459, 4t>0. 

Flags, tools, stores, etc., for medical field equipment, 443. 

I'roperty held on, who sign inventory for inspection, 261. 
Merchants: 

Correspondence relative to soldiers' debts to, 1334. 
Messcncers: 

For inspectors general, 28. 

Not servants in sense of Rev. Stat., 1232, 1142. 
Messes: 

Army transports, limits of expenditures for, 1.306. 

Detached soldiers, company fund allotment, 763. 
Mess Fund: (See Funds, p. 300.) 
Mess Hall: 

Frequent visits to, by post commander and surgeon, 59. 
Mess Kits: 

Discharged soldiers and certain civilian passengers on transports, 515. 

Enlisted men's, how worn or carried, 396. 
Mess Rooms: 

Frequent visits to, by post commander and surgeon, 59. 
Mess .Serseants: 

Law and regulations relative to, 1001. 
Metal Turnlns;s: 

Accumulations at depots, etc., how di.sposed of, 1198, 1199. 
Meteorolottlcal Instruments: 

Fortifications, supplied by Signal Corps, 723(6). 
Mlleace: 

Inspections and investigations, 35, 39, 40. 

Orders involving, 35, 39, 40. 

Restrictions, 39, 40. 



INDEX. 349 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs wbea not otherwise indicated.] 

Military AriKiciiij : 

Band, enlisted strength, 475. 
Board- 
Appointment cadets, 591 . 
Examination graduating class, 590. 
Detaclunents, enlisted strength, 475. 
Inspection— 

By whom and how often made, 41. 
Report of, addressing and forwarding, 118. 
Report of remedial action on defects, 124, 128. 
Military Atlaclies: 

Retired officers eligible for detail, 14.37. 
Military Convicts: 

Inspection of, in the United States Penitentiary, 41. 
(See Prisoners, p. 370.) 
Military Departments: 
Inspection of— 

Educational institutions, 52. 
Military Academy, 41. 
Military Post: 

Definition of, by Supreme Court, 959. 
Military Prison. (See United States Military Prison, p. 417.) 
Military ProWems. (See Problems, p. 371.) 
Military Stores. (See Public Property, p. 374.) 
Military Tournaments. (See Tournaments, p. 412.) 
Militia: 

Applicants for enlistment in the Army, 1400. 
.Vttendance at— 

Garrison schools, 887. 
Service schools, 887, 888. 
Closer affiliation between Regulars and, 961. 
Coast defense exercises, joint Army and, 962. 
Enlisted Regulars- 
Detailed with, commutation of rations, 1303. 
Instruction preparatory to detail v\itii, 883. 
Sergeants, additional, to proviile for details to, 485. 
Inspection, 53. 

Instruction and lectures by noncommissioned officers of the P.egulars to, 1010. 
Instruction of, to be facilitated, 961. 
Laws and regulations, 960. 

Line officers for duty with, detail, status, etc., 494, 963. 
Military reservations, use by, 1276. 
Officers of— 

Command of mixed corps, 954. 
Not to command Regular Army posts, etc., 900. 
Old and new pattern clothing and equipage issued to, 1565. 
Ordnance property issued to, inspection and repair, 841, 842. 
Publications of War Department for issue to, 1184. 
Public property, use for instruction purposes by, 1276. 
Regular Army attending camps of instruction with, 499. 
Retired offiicers— 

.\ssignm.eiit to active duty with, 1437. 
Status as to mouTits, 14.38. 
Target ranges, use by, 1276. 



360 INDEX. 

I Nuiiibi'i's refer lo |»ai;imaplis w lu-n not otherwise Indicated.] 

Mine Cases: 

Kepair, 289. 
Mine Coininander: 

Drills at inspection, 105. 
Mine Planters: 

China and gla.ss\vare on, inspection for condemnation, 302. 

Cook for enlisted detachment, 480. 

Petaclmients, enlisted strength and composition, 480. 

Disbursing ollicers, funds in personal possession, 226. 

Inspection of, by whom and how often made, 48, 49. 

Loss, destruction or damage, action, 1540. 

Mess .sergeants, detail, 1001. 

Rations, commutation of, 1303. 
Mine PredlcUon Kuleis- 

Fortifications, supplied by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Mineral Oil: 

Sale of, benefit company fund, 770. 
Mines. (See Submarine Mining, p. 404.) 
Mlnln;;- Casemates: 

Inspection after turning over to Coast Artillery, 697. 

Installation, 14t)9. 
Minors: 

Aj)plicants for enlistment, 1399. 
Miscellaneous Receipts: 

Deposit of, 109, 170. 

"Slush" funds, 170. 
Moneys. (See Funds, p. 306; Loans, p. 343; and Public Moneys, p. 372.) 
Money Accounts: 

General duties of inspectors general relative to condition of, 8. 

(See Inspection of Money Accounts, p. 321.) 
Money Orders: 

Purchase of international, 198. 
Money Vouchers. (See Vouchers, p. 418.) 
Monkeys: 

Shipment on transports, 518. 
Monuments: 

Erection of private, in national cemeteries, 970. 
Mops: 

Allowance for bakeries, 1049. 

Post exchange not entitled to is.sue of, 1104. 
Mornlnir Report: 

Instructions to inspectors relative to, 97. 

Signing, etc., by post commander, 1055. 
Mortar Pits: 

Lettering, 708. 
Mortars. (See Guns and Carriages, p. 311.) 
Mosquitoes: 

Oil for destruction of, 9i)4. 
Moss-Ualton Records: 

Purcha,se from company funds, 759. 
Motor Generators: 

Fortifications supplied by — 

Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Signal Corps, 723(b). 



INDEX. S51 

[Numbors refer to parasraphs when not otherwise indicated. 1 
Motors: 

Gunaiidmorlarcarriages,supplicd by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Mounted Orderlips: 
Field Artillery, 482. 
Infantry regiments, 399, 481, 1163. 
Mounted Scouts: 

Infantry regiments, 481, 1163. 
Mounted Service School: 

Regulations governing, 877(/). 
Mounts. (See Horses, p. 314.) 
Muffins: 

Baking of, by companies, 1039. 
Mules: 

Sale or turning in, 281. 
(See Public Animals, p. 372.) 
Musicnl Instruments. (See Band Instruments, p. 259.) 
Musicians: 

Band, enlistment of, 1426. 
Guard, detail, 800. 
Orderlies, 398. 
Muster: 

Attendants, general mess, 88. 
Baker, chief, 87. 
Cooks, 88. 
Hospital Coi-ps, 86. 
Muster Rolls: 

TypewTiter, use in preparing, 1326. 
Muzzle Covers: 

Seacoast guns, when used, 822. 
Names: 

Assumed, of soldiers and sailors, discharge certificate, 684. 
National Air: 

Respect to be observed during playing — 
Of foreign countries, 863. 
"Star Spangled Banner," 863, 864. 
National Banks. (See Depositaries, p. 287.) 
National Cemeteries: 
Animals — 

Grazing or sheltering on reservation, 980. 
Keeping of private by superintendents, 981. 
Picketing or running loose within the inclosure, 980. 
Public, care, 975, 980. 
Buildings, care, painting, etc., 974. 
Employees, duties, hours of labor, compensation, 979. 
Flags, display, kind used, etc., 966. 
FlagstafTs, painting, 974. 
Footstones, erection of private, 970. 
Gardens, vegetable, 982. 
Gates, when to be kept closed, 967. 
Graves, care, 973, 
Headstones — 

Can? and cleaning, 972. 
Day's work cleaning, 972. 
Private, erection of, 970. 



352 INDEX. 

L Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

National Cemeteries— Continued. 

Inelosures, care, painting, etc., 973, 974. 
In.spcctions— 

As.signment, 135. 

By whom and how often made, 41. 
Property for condemnation, 290. 
Reports- 
Addressing and forwarding, 118, 119. 
Superintendent's habits and conduct, 978. 
Interments, regulations, 909. 
Lawns, care, 973. 

Markers, private, not allowed, 971. 
Monuments, erection of private, 970. 
Painting of buildings, flagstafls, inclosure, etc., 974. 
Picnic grounds, 968. 
Quartermasters in charge, list, 965. 
Records, 1397. 

Roads, walks, and drains, care, 973. 
Superintendents- 
Animals, fowls, etc., keeping by, 981. 
Board, appointment of, 023. 

Habits and conduct to be reported by inspectors, 978. 
To be thoroughly familiar with National Cemetery regulations, 977. 
Tools and implements, care, 970. 
Trees, shrubs and plants, care, 973. 
National Defense: 

Penalty for disclosure of secrets, 1279. 
National Guard. (See Militia, p. 349.) 
National Holidays. (See Holidays, p. 313.) 

Natloniil Home lor Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. (See Soldiers' Homes, p. 401.) 
National Land Defense Board: 

Designated, Oil. 
Navy: 

Enlisted men of, on Army transports- 
Messing of certain grades, 957. 
Ration allowance for sick, 535. 

Status as to police and guard duty, receivmg orders, etc., 534. 
Ordnance property, sale to officers, 958. 
Transportation on Army transports, law, 536. 

Uniform, penalty for discrimination by places of amusement against , 12S0. 
Newspapers: 

Allowance, recruiting stations, 1409. 
Msht Operations: 

Field training, 895. 
Nonooni missioned Offlcers: 

Agents foi' laundries, etc., 997. 
Appointments— 

Officers Philippine Scouts, 1020. 
Post noncommissioned staff, rules. 989. 
Reenlistcd, 1004. 
Ai-ms and equipments. (See Arms and E.(uipmcnts, p. 250). 
Barbers, etc., 997. 
Color sergeant, battalion or squadron detail, etc., 1000. 



INDEX. 353 

IXurahcis refer to paragraphs when uot otherwise indicated.] 

Noncommissioned Officers— Continued. 
Company^ 

Reproof in hearing of privates, 999. 
Selection, instruction, upholding, 998. 
Corporals, lance, appointment, 1000. 
Detail on duty inconsistent with rank and position, 990. 
Kxtra duty details, 995. 

Hospital Corps, members of general noncommissioned stall, 980. 
Inspection, instruction in scouting, patrolling, etc., 79. 
Instruction and lectures to the militia by, 1010. 
Machine-gun platoons, appointment, promotion, reduction, lOOo. 
May be sent to the training schools for instruction, 878. 
Mess sergeant, law and regulations relative to, 1001. 
Overseer of prisoners, detail, 1117. 
Reduction to private prior to discharge, 1007. 
Recruit depot companies, temporary appointments, 1002. 
Recruiting stations. 1003. 
Retired, detail to educational institutions, 1011. 
Schools for instruction in military subjects, 882. 
Sergeants, additional, to provide for militia details, 485. 
Signal Corps- 
Control, inspection of offices, etc., at posts, 1009. 
General noncommissioned staff includes the, 980. 
Sergeants, acting, accountable for property, 1009. 
Stafl— 

Coast Artillery Corps — 

Addressed verbally, 984. 

Duties, 983. 

Heavy marching order, tiu'ning out in, 991. 

Position at review and inspection, 991. 

Dismounted, in the field, to wear pistol instead of saber, 387. 
General- 
Composition, 980. 

Messing separately, how rationed, etc., 1299. 
Post- 
Applicants for appointment as, rules, 989. 

Arms and equipments, 384. 

Commissary sergeant, duties of commissary not to be delegated to, 988. 

Composition. 985. 

Detail upon other services, 987. 

Discharge for inefficiency or misconduct, 990. 

Duties, 987. 

Extra duty detail and pay, 994. 

Heavy marching order, turning out in, 991. 

Inspection, position at, 991. 

Military control over, at ungarrisoned posts, 993. 

Personal reports, 987, 992. 

Propertj- accountability, 1189. 

Reduction, 990. 

Review, position at, 991. 
Quarters, assigrmient to, 1289. 
Uniform, fatigue, wearing by, 1500. 

12969°— 12 23 



364 INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 
Nosebags: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Notaries Public: 

Notarial acts for olDcers and employees, 644. 
Nozzles: 

Machine guns, inspection for condemnation, 334. 
Numborlns: 

Guns and mortars at fixed batteries, 819. 
.Numbers: 

Uniform, inspection for condemnation, Philippines Division, 297. 
Nnrse Corps: 

Female — 

Authorized, 474. 
Rations, 1303, 1305. 
Uniform, 1570. 
Oaths: 

Inspectors general authorized to administer, 26. 
Observers: 

Coast Artillery Corps, number rated, 496. 
Obsolete Property: 

Inspection for condemnation, 253. 

Ordnance property replaced, disposition, 1266. 
Odometers: 

Issued to field artillery, 437. 
Office Hours: 

Recruiting stations, 1411. 

(See Hours of Labor, p. 317.) 
OtVu-er in CIiari;e of Prisoners. (See Prisoners, p. 370.) 
Officer of the Day: 

Detail, 504, 800. 

Responsibility for security of prisoners, 1116. 

Verification of guard and police property, 1235. 

Visits to guards and sentinels, 805, 806. 
Officer of the Guard: 

Detail, 800, 808. 

Supernumerary, 808. 

Visits to sentinels, 807. 
Officers: 

Accusations against, 25. 

Advancement, assignment, or detail through outside influence, 1012. 

Administrative, depositary statements to, 237. 

Arms and equipments. (See Arms and Equipments, p. 250.) 

Assistance, facilities, etc., for inspectors, 29. 

Baggage. (See Baggage, p. 259.) 

Bidding at auction sales of Government property, 1203, 1204. 

Boards. (See Boards of Ofiicers, p. 263.) 

Books, loans from War Department and General Staff libraries, 11S2. 

Bravery, courage, etc., testimony of eyewitnesses, 1012. 

Captains — 

Infantry, horseback riding, 904. 
Promotion of line, riding test, 1027. 

Certificate of, witnessing destruction of property — 
Condemned, form, 275. 
Surveyed, 1485. 



INDEX. 355 

I Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

OJfieers — Continued. 

Civilian dress, wearing, 1551-1553. 

Civil-service examinations, preparing persons, (J5.3. 

Claims against United States — 

Furnishing information as basis of, C58. 
Purchase of, 209. 

Clerical aid for inspectors general, 29. 

Clubs, messes, etc., occupancy of public buildings, 632. 

Commendations or reflections, by inspectors, 121-123. 

Communications — 

Forwarding, duties, 1345. 

Negligence in replying to official, 1335. 

Complaints, 92, 93. 

Contracts for supplies purchased from, 666. 

Criticisms of, regarding old pattern equipment, etc., 100. 

Death, report, 1054. 

Detached service. (See Detached Service, p. 289.) 

Details. (See Details, p. 289.) 

Diseases, prevention, 686, 687. 

Drill regulations, manuals, etc., for personal use, 1183. 

Enlisted men as servants, 1142, 1443. 

Enlisted men's dress and appearance, responsibility, 1563. 

En route to Philippines to report to commanding general, Western Division, 502. 

Equipments. (See Arms and Equipments, p. 250.) 

Examination. (See Boards of Officers, p. 263.) 

Field. (See Field Officers, p. 301.) 

Flag, salutes by, 862, 804, 865. 

General. (See General Officers, p. 309.) 

Graduates of service schools or StafI College, detailed or detached service, 1459. 

Horsemanship to be encouraged, 904. 

Horses. (See Horses, p. 314.) 

Incapacitated, duties of inspectors, 83. 

Information, furnishing to Congress, 652. 

Inspection, tests of efficiency, riding, etc., 79, 81. 

Inspectors, special, to condemn ordnance stores, restriction in selection of, 255. 

Instruction. ( See Instruction , p . 335. ) 

Investigation of accusations against, 25, 26. 

Legislation, influencing, applying for, etc., 651, 652. 

Letter-headings, printing of names or telephone numbers prohibited, 1328. 

Line, not exceeding 200, detached, status, etc., 494. 

Marine Corps. (See Marine Corps, p. 345.) 

Medal of honor awarded, names of, 547. 

Mounts. (See Horses, p. 314.) 

National airs, respect during playing, 863, 864. 

Noncommissioned officers, reproving in hearing of privates, 999. 

Notarial acts for, 644. 

Orders- 
Inspection of troops or aflfairs of, 19. 
Issued by, pecuniary responsibility, 199. 

Outside influence for advancement, detail, etc., 1012. 

Pay- 
Interest in purchase of soldiers', 209. 
Soliciting increase, 651. 
Stoppages, 230, 735. 



356 INDEX. 

I NiimltiM-s refer to parasruplis when not otherwise indicated.] 

Ollircr.s Continued. 

Tensions, furnishing; information as a basis, iios. 

I'crsonal inleresls, influencing, 051. 

Philippine Scouts. (See I'hilippiiie Scouts, p. 303.) 

Physical condition to be kept fit for aclivo operations, l02i.. 

Physical tests. (See Physical F.xaminations and Tests of Officers, p. 303.) 

Practice marches, failing to march, 898. 

I'resents, receiving and giving, 1100. 

Promotion. (See Boards of OfQcers, p. 203.) 

I'roperty. (See Private Property, p. 370; and Public Property, p. 374.) 

Publications, War Department, requests for, by, llsl-ll«:j. 

Purchases — 

Condemned property by interested, 1203. 

From persons in the miUtary service, 210. 
(Quarters- 
Allowance of rooms, 1285. 

.Vssignment to bachelors, 1283. 

Construction of, restrictions in cost, 1287. 

Furniture, heavy, 1286. 
Records of, outside influence, recommendations, etc., 1012. 
Reports of inspections— 

.Vtisontecs, how reported, 111, p. 237. 

Commanders commended, names to be given, 115. 

Extracts, favorable or unfavorable mention, 121-123. 

Physical fitness of field, to be reported affirmatively or negatively , 82. 
Retired. (See Retired Officers, p. 392.) 

Returning to Philippines from leave, assignment to duty en route, etc., 502. 
Salutes to the flag, 862, 864, 865. 
Signal Coi-ps— 

Attendance at gaiTison schools, 881. 

Riding at inspections, 81. 
Signatures, rank, title, etc., 1321-1.323. 
Staff. (See Staff, p. 402.) 

"Star Spangled Banner," respect during playing, 863, 804. 
Supplies- 
Old pattern , credit for continuing in use, 100. 

Purchase of, prohibited from, 210. 
Suspended from rank, wearing of badges, etc., 557. 
Teleprai>liic code, care by, 1508. 
Tentage, field allowance, 1516. 
Text books for— 

Promotion boards, 892, 893. 

Schools of the Army, 889-891, 893. 
Traveling on Army transports. (See Army Transports, p. 255.) 
Unattached to organizations, assignment to duty en route to Philii>pine5, M2. 
Uniform. (See Uniform, p. 41.5.) 
Oflli-i:)] Business. (See Business Methods, p. 267.) 
(>lli<I;i! Copy: 

Impressed stamp authorized in making, 1324. 
Oil: 

Coal, storing in or near subsistence storehouses, 1154. 
Instnictions as to use on guns and carriages, 839. 



INDEX. ■ 357 

[Numbers rofpr to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Oil — Continued . 

Mineral, sale for licnefit of company fund, 770. 
Mosquitoes, destruction, %4. 
Neafs-foot, supply for shoe dressing, 144S. 
Removal of, from small anns for inspection, 420. 
Optical Instruiiipnts: 

Storage and care, 1248. 
Orderlies: 

Arms and equipments for, 398, 399. 
Commanding officer's, how selected, 809. 
Mounted. (See Mounted Orderlies, p. 351.) 
Not servants in sense of R. S. 1232, 1142. 
Permanent, prohibited, 809. 
liecruiting stations, 1412, 1418. 

Room or lavatory, extra pay from company fund, 761. 
Orders: 

Criticisms of, in inspection reports, 112. 

Division or department, in companies or regiments upon Iteing relieved, 137.i. 

Eml)arkation, to designate commanding officer of troops, 500. 

Expenditure of money, 199, 1057. 

Field, instruction in preparation of, 79, 895. 

Insi)ections — 

Copies of, to whom furnislied by inspectors general, 10, 20. 

Kconomical plan, 135. 

Mileage involved, 35, 39, 40. 

Recruiting stations, auxiliary, 1407. 

To be made Icnown by inspectors to whom, 19. 

Written, to be given inspectors, 34. 
Inspectors general may give, when, 21. 

Inventory and inspection reports, approval to be indorsed on each copy, 278. 
Investigations- 
Copies of, to whom furnished by inspectors general, 16. 

Mileage involved, 35, 39, 40. 
Marine Corps, method of communication, 953, 956. 
Money. (See Money Orders, p. 350.) 
Ordnance and Fortification: 

Board of, 008. 
Ordnance and Ordnance Stores: 
Arm chests, 1201, 12G2. 
Arm raclvs— 

Issue, 1201. 

Not to be talcen by troops changing station, 1263. 
Badges issued, how dropped, 559. 
Bandoleers, care, value, disposition, etc., 1254. 
Barrels, powder, empty metallic, care and disposition, 1251. 
Bayonet, accounted for separately, 1258. 
Blanco, issue for remarlcing equipments, 449. 
Boxes — 

I'owder, marlcings on, 1255. 

Small-arms ammunition, care, value, etc., 1254. 
Cases, ammunition, empty, care, disposition, etc., 1250, 1252-1255. 
Chief ordnance officer of a dhision to keep a set of equipments, 420. 



358 INDEX. 

tNiiml)prs refer to paragraphs when not otherwise imlicated.] 

Ordnance and Ordnance Stores— Continued. 
Classificalion for accountability, 1257. 
Cleaning and preserving material, care and storage. 1195. 
Cleaning rod for rifle, accounted for separately, 1258. 
Condemned, i.ssued to Soldiers' Homes, 1272. 

Equipments, personal and horse, repair in organizations, 330. 

Excess in organizations, 33. 

Expendable articles, 559, 12(i(i. 

Horse equipments. (See Horse Equipments, p. 314.) 

Insignia issued, how dropped, 559. 

Inspection and repair of, issued to— 
Field Artillery, 72, 73, 842. 
Militia- 
Coast Artillery, 841. 
Field Artillery, 842. 

Inspection for condemnation. (See Inspection of Property for Condemnation 
p. 322.) 

Inspectors, special, to condemn, appointments restricted, 255. 

Inventory and Inspection Reports- 
Authority for turning m, 335. 
(See Inventory and Inspection Reports, p. 338.) 

Invoices of, turned in, preparation, etc., 1270. 

Issued to colleges, inspection for condemnation, 341. 

Issue of obsolete or condemned, to Soldiers' Homes, 1272. 

Machine-pun platoons- 
Accountable officer, 1259. 
To take, on change of station, 12G4. 

Manufactures, appropriations, 182. 

Marking. (See Marking, p. 345.) 

Material used in manufactures, appropriations, 182. 

Medals issued, how dropped, 559. 

Obsolete- 
Issue to Soldiers' Homes, 1272. 

Parts of seacoast armament, replaced, disposition, 1266. 
Sale without prior condemnation, 1273. 

Primers, fired, care and disposition, 1252. 

Proceeds of sales of — 
Serviceable, 178. 
Useless, 178. 

Protector caps, care and disposition, 1253. 

Regulations for inspection of, for condemnation, 247. 

Repairs, 72, 73, 335, 841, 842. 

Requisitions — 

Emergency, survey of those to be replaced, 1490. 
Instructions relative to, 1071, 1250, 1490. 
Scrutiny by commanders, 1071. 

Sale of, to— 

Officers of Navy and Marine Corps, 95S. 
Red Cross, 348. 

Scrap, how treated and valued at arsenals, 1271. 

Serviceable, not to be condemned because luisightly or old pattern. 273, 32S, 339. 

"Small arms" defined, 337. 

Subtargel-gun machine, not to be taken on change of station, 12(>:j. 



INDEX. 359 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Ordnance and Ordnance Stores — Continued. 
Survey of— 

Horse equipments issued to mounted officers, 1497. 
Preparation and execution of reports, etc., 1488. 
Unserviceable, when emergency requisition is submitted for, 1490. 
With view to destruction, 1485-1488. 
Targets, iron, gallery practice, not to be taken on change of station, 12G3. 
Transfer of permanently emplaced, 856. 
Turning in to depot or arsenal- 
Horse collars, steel. Field Artillery, for rezincing, 1268. 
Obsolete parts of seacoast armament, replaced, 1266. 
Preparation of invoices, verification of articles, etc., 1270. 
Serviceable surplus, 1267. 
Without action of inspector, 3.35. 
Unserviceable, condemnation and sale, 245. 
Worn but serviceable, issue and reissue, 1265. 

(See Arms and Equipments, p. 250; Guns and Carriages, p. 311; and Public 
Property, p. 374.) 
Ordnance Department: 

Detail of line officers to, 493, 603. 

Enlisted strength, 483. 

Expendable articles, 559, 1260. 

Financial operations, instructions governing, 234. 

Fortifications — 

Fire-control equipment, type 1909, furnished by, 692. 
Supplies furnished by, 723(c). 
Inspection and repair by, of materiel issued to the Artillery, 72, 73, 841, 842. 
Inspection of armament, seacoast posts, 64. 
Officers, rank of detailed, 474. 
Organization, 474. 
Records, 1391-1394. 
Ordnance Detachments: 

Arms and equipments, 110(c). 

General noncommissioned staff includes noncommissioned officers of, 986. 
Inspection, 110 (c). 
Ordnance Officer: 
Inspections- 
Armament, seacoast post, 04. 
By Artillery district, 62. 
Powder book kept by, 1392. 
Records, kept by Artillery district, 1393, 1394. 
Ordnance Repair Shops: 
Fortifications- 
Buildings provided by Quartermaster's Department, 723(c). 
Machines, tools, etc., supplied by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Ordnance Serg'eant: 

Member of post noncommissioned staff, 985. 
(See Noncommissioned Officers, p. 352.) 
Organization. (See Army, p. 253). 
Original Packages: 

Opening, procedure in case of shortage, etc., 364, 1205. 
Ornaments: 

Cap and collar, change of station, 1225. 

Hat and cap, inspection for condemnation, Philippines Division, 297. 



360 INDEX. 

[Numbers rofpr to paragraphs wlu'n uot otherwise indicated.] 

"Out of Commission:" 

Term, defined as to seacoast liattenics, .s;j2. 
"Out of Service:"' 

Term, defined as to seacoast 1>atteries, S.32. 
Outpost Duty: 

Field training, 89.'). 
Outside Iiifliience: 

Officers forbidden to use, for advancemi-iit, detail, etc., 1012. 
Outstanding Clu'cks: 

Lists — 

Closing statements, 241. 

Inspection money accounts. 142, 241, 242. 

Three full fiscal years- 
Procedure for payment, 15(1. 
Report to the Secretary of the Treasury, 155. 
Ovens: 

Sul)sistence property — 

Inspection for condenuiaiion, :U)H. 
Post bakeries. 10.37. 
Overcoats: 

Army transports, for use of enlisted passengers, 513. 

Fur and blanket lined, care of, 95. 

Prison, retention liy military convicts when released, 1121. 
Pacific HraiHli, I nlted States Military Prison. (See United States Military 

Prison, p. 417.) 
Pack: 

Infantry equipment, new, 395. 
Packages: 

Ammunition, blank, opening, 304. 

Empty, accumulations at depots, etc., now disposed of, 119S, 1199. 

Public property opened for the first time, procedure, 1205. 

Subsistence stores issued or sold, title to, 1200. 
Packing: 

Cavalry saddle at signal "To hor.se, " 41K. 

Company and regimental property, explosives, matches, etc., 1228. 

Garrison training, 894. 

Money allowance for ))aggage, oi>5. 
Pack Onttits: 

Machine-gun platoons, 400. 
Pack Traln.s: 

Inspection of, 79. 

Instructions relative to, 1528. 

Organization, 1528. 
Paint: 

Guns and carriages, removal of old, 847, 849, 8,50. 

Olive-drab, formula for mixing, 153S. 
Painting: 

Buildings, inelosures, etc., at national cemeteries, 074. 

Fortification slopes and visible armament, for concealment, 721. 

Lockers, standard color, 1236. 

Projectiles, 350. 

Seacoast guns and carriages, 845-847, 849-851. 

Splashing of l)arl>etre guns and cairiages for concealment, 851. 

Wagons, olive-drab, 1538. 



INDEX. 361 

[Numbers rofer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

rara<!c: 

Coast Artillory posts, S02. 
(See Dress I'arade, p. 293.) 
Pass: 

Inspection of dress of enlisted men, 15G3. 
Recniiting parties, 1413. 
Passenaers. (See Army Transports, p. 25 
Passina; of Obstailes: 
Field training, 895. 
Patrolina: 

Field training, S95. 
Inspection of post, 79. 
Paiilins: 

Seacoast guns, winter protection, S53. 
Pay : 

Army, increased, law, 497. 
Dental Corps, law, 073. 
Deserters' debts to company fund, 772. 
Enlisted men, rates, 1399. 

Forfeiture of, to reimliurse company or post exchange funds, etc., 735. 
Increase of, soliciting by officers or employees, 651. 
Philippine Scouts- 
Enlisted men, 1021. 
Sanitary privates, additional, 1021. 
Subaltern officers, natives, lOlS. 
Retired officers assigned to active duty, etc., 1436. 
Stoppages- 
Alimony, 2.30. 
Debts, private, 230. 
Indebtedness to United States, 230. 

Of additional, in case of unsatisfactory private mQunt, 81. 
To reimburse company or post exchange funds, etc., 735. 
Veterinarians of Cavalry and Field Artillery, 1572, 1573. 
Pay Department: 

Detail of line officers to, 493. 
Organization, 474. 
Paymasters: 

Check books, kept ready for inspection, 10^. 
Check stulis, data to be entered on, 152, 153. 
Collections, deposit of, 148. 

Inspection of money accounts, 138, 139, 142, 153, 163. 
Records, 1385. 

Soldiers' deposits, deposit of, 148. 
Paymasters' Clerks: 

Board, appointment of, 614. 
Pay, allowances, retirement, etc., 474. 
Payments: 

Cash, authorized, when, 189, 228. 
Checks — 

Drawn prior to the death, resignation, or removal of the drawer, 228. 
Official, to be used in making, 154. 
Personal, oecoptance in making, 210. 
Customs duties on imported public property, 228. 



362 INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs wheu not otherwise indicated.] 

Payments— Continued. 

Employees- 
Discharged and not paid for lack of funds, procedure, 197. 
Drawing and indorsing checks for, 144. 

Fractions of a cent, 193. 

Monthly, when last day of month falls on Sunday or holiday, 200. 

Partial, analysis of balance, 213, 217. 

Pressing obligations, from any balance, 183. 

Purchases made abroad, 198. 

Receipts- 
Advance of actual, prohibited, 185. 
Cash, 185, 189, 190. 
Check, 185, 186. 

Salaries in cash, 228. 

Semimonthly, employees of Quartermaster's Department, 649. 

Time, rules for computation of, 194. 

Troops on transports sailing via Suez Canal, 527. 
Pay Itolls: 

Preparation, of Quartermaster's Department, 232. 

Soldiers' barber, billiard and pool debts, 767. 

Stoppages on, reimbursement of company fund, limit, 773. 

Typewriter, use in preparing, 1326. 
Penalties: 

Applicants for enlistment fraudulently procuring transportation or subsistence, 
1403. 

Disclosure of national defense secrets, 1279. 

Places of amusement discriminating against persons wearing the uniform, 1280. 

Purchasing or receiving in pledge public property, 1282. 

Records, destroying or carrying away, 13.30. 

Trespassing upon military reservations, fortiflcations, etc., 1281. 

(See Public Moneys, p. 372.) 
Penalty Envelopes: 

Penalty clause may be written or printed, 1329. 

Use by post exchange, 1098, 1099. 
Pencils: 

Colored, use in inspection of money accounts, 142(p). 

Indelible, use in records, 1327. 
Pensions: 

Furnishing information as a basis for, G58. 
Pent Houses: 

Coast Artillery material, 852. 
Perfection Tariret Spotter: 

Issue of, 407. 
Periodicals: 

Recruiting stations, allowance, 1409. 
Personal Ueports: 

Inspectors general- 
Absent with leave, detached, etc., 14. 
Arrival at station, 12. 
Before leaving on tours. 16. 
Monthly, 13. 

Post noncommissioned staff, 987, 992. 



INDEX. 363 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 
Phllipplni' ron<<tal)ulary: 

Colonel of (captain of Cavalry), status on Army transports, 503. 
Philippine Government: 

Transportation on Anny transports for members and employees, etc., 536. 
Philippine Islands: 

Bureau of Science, transfer of condemned animals to, liSO. 
(See Philippines Division, below.) 
Philippine Scouts: 
Bands, volunteer— 

-Authorized, 570, 1015. 
Musical instruments, 570. 
(Companies, strength, 1016. 
Enlisted men- 
Arms and equipments, 393, 1025. 
Clothing, allowance, and articles prescribed, 1023, 1024. 
Discharge, purchase, 681. 
Pay, 1021. 
Rations, 1022. 

Sanitary privates, additional pay, 1021. 
Ice, 873. 
Officers— 

Appointment- 
Board, promotion and, of, 600. 
Noncommissioned officers, competitive test, 1020. 
Who are eligible for, 1019. 
Captain, office created, 1017. 
Horse equipments, issue to majors of, 382. 
Subalterns, natives, pay and allowances, 1018. 
Organization, 1013, 1014. 
Signal outfits, 471-473. 
Phlllpi)lnes Division: 

Civilian employees, transfer, tour of duty, etc., 042. 
Defense board, 609. 

Disbursing officers, funds in personal possession, 227. 
Diseases, prevention by morality and temperance, 687. 
Subsistence sales list, 1475. 
Tour of service- 
Civilian employees, 642. 
Stall officers, 1458. 
Troops, 498. 
Transports, interisland, instructions, 541, 542. 
Pholoaraphs: 

Coast defenses, 722. 

National defenses, penalty for making, etc., 1279. 
Physical Condition: 

Officers, to be kept fit for active operations, 1020. 
(See Physical Examinations and Tests of Officers, below.) 
Physical Drill. (See Athletics, p. 258.) 
Physical Examination: 

Applicants for enlistment, 1399. 
Physical Examinations and Tests of Officers: 

Annual, to determine fitness of field officers for active operations, 1028-1035. 
General officers excused from taking annual physical examination, 1031. 



364 INDEX. 

1 Nnmhers rofer to paragiaphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

IMiysU-al Kxiiminationsand Tests of Odicers— f'ontimied. 

Junior ollicers, animal reports on pliysical condition, etc., 1029, 1030. 

I'rivate monnts, use in talking riding tests, 103.5. 

Promotion of captains of tlie line, 1027. 

Side arms will not be worn while taking te.sts, 1034. 

.Staffodieers, 1032, 1033. 
Physical Fitness: 

Field oflicers, 82. 
Picket Pin: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Picnic (irounds: 

National cemeteries not to be used as, 968. 
Pies: 

Baking of, in post bakeries, 104(). 
5'llinm 

I'rojectiles, 3.")(i. 
Pistol: 

Destruction on inventory and inspection report, prohibited, 337. 

Worn in the field instead of the saber, by whom, 373, 387. 

(See Revolvers, p. 392; and Small .\rms, p. 400.) 
Pits: 

Mortar- 
Lettering, 70S. 
Stencils for marking, 723(c). 
Places: 

.\ssignmcnt of certain, for inspection, 135. 

Inspection by or under direction of division commander of, at which officers 
and enlisted men are on duty, tiS. 
Plans: 

Domestic or foreign territory, containing military infonnation, 9.52. 

National defense secrets, penalty for taking, 1279. 
Piates: 

Dinner and soup, for use of troops on transpori<;. .Mti. 
Plotters: 

Coast .\rtillery Corps, numljer rated, 4911. 
Plotllno; Boards: 

Fortifications, supplied by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Plumhiu:;: 

Buildings, seacoast posts, 7Zi(d). 

Changes or extensions of systems, 157S. 

Post bakeries, 103t'). 
Police: 

Anny transports, status of Navy and Marine Corps, 956. 

Bakeries, 104S. 

Property issued for post, 1235. 

Recruits at depot posts, control in matters of, 1423. 

Stables, facilities for, 1.534. 
PoIIslilns Material: 

ICquipmcnts, harness, etc., 450. 
Pnlllical AfM\lty: 

Civilian employees, 650. 
Pdlltlcal (dntrlhiitlons: 

Civilian employees, etc., 6,50. 

War Department circular on, to \)p posted, ('>.50. 



INDEX. 365 

t Numbers refer to paragraphs wheu not otherwise indicated.] 

P<»IItir;il Meetlnas: 

Bands, playing at, 5(18. 
I'olo KqiilpmiMit: 

Inspection for condemnation, 3;!0. 
Poncho: 

Slicker prescribed for mounted troops, instead of, 384. 
ro<d Table .attendant: 

Jixtra pay from company fund, 7tiO. 
Pool Tables: 

Company, 7()0, 766, 707. 
Portable Gas Cooker. (See Cooking Equipment, p. 28'4.) 
Porto Klco: 

Disbursing Ofiicers, funds in personal possession, 227. 
I'orto Kico Refflnient of Infantry: 

Board, appointment and promotion of officers, 5W. 

Enlisted strength, 48,3, 484. 

Organization, 474. 
Post: 

Definition of military, by Supreme Court, 95'.i. 
Postage .Stamps: 

Military convicts, 1123. 
Post Bakeries: 

Accountability system, 1046. 

Bake ovens and apparatus, by Subsistence Department, 1037. 

Bakers, personal cleanliness, 1048. 

Bread- 
Baking outside of, 1038, 1039. 

Enlisted men messing separately, purchase, etc., 1047. 
Loaves, weight of, 1041, 1045. 
Product of 100 pounds of flour, 1044. 
Sale, regulations, 1041-1043. 

Brushes, scrubbing, allowance, 1049. 

Building, plumbing, heating, etc., by Quartermaster's Department, 1036. 

Empty flour sacks and barrels, sale, 737. 

Equipment for various sized posts, 1037. 

Funds. (SeeFunds, p. 306.) 

Mops, allowance, 1049. 

Ties, cakes, baking by, 1040. 

PoUce, 1048. 

Records, 1355. 
Post Commander: 

.Vccounts, fund, examination and inspection by, 778, 793, 10.50, 

.'Vrms and equipments — 

Having and wearing as prescribed, 1072. 
Inspection and verification, 1070, 1071. 

Assistance, facilities, etc., for inspectors, 29. 

Baggage to be taken by troops on marches, 562. 

Claims, soliciting at post, prevention, 6.5.S. 

Commissary delegating his duties to commissary sergeant, 988, 1066, 1480. 

Contracts, scrutiny, 1064. 

Correspondence — 

Communications, forwarding, duties, 1345. 
Reduction of, by interviews, 1052, 1358. 



366 INDEX. 

I Numbors refer to paragraphs when n<it othorwise indicated.] 

Post Commander Continued. 

Councils of administration, approval of procciniings, 1058. 

Defenses, condition, 1050. 

Destruction of property contrary to opinion of surveying officer, 1487 

Disbursements, duties of, 1004. 

Drills and instruction, 1050-1052. 

Expenditures, rigid economy, 10G4. 

Fuel, forage, and straw, quarterly verification by quartermaster, 1220. 

General officer as, may delegate certain duties, 59, 1053. 

Ice, allowance for issue fixed by, 800. 

Ice macliine, personal attention to management, 1065. 

Inspections- 
Accounts — 

Company fund, 778. 
Hospital fund, 793. 

OfTicers in charge of funds (examination), 1050. 
Ambulances, litters, etc., monthly, 1059. 
Arms and equipments, 1070, 1071. 
Buildings- 
Annual, CO, 1061. 
Kew construction, 631, lOtiO. 
Command, monthly, 58, 1050. 
Field ranges issued to organizations, 459. 
Hospital, guardhouse, etc., frequent visits, 59. 
Officers' mounts, 1069. 
Telegraph offices, 1008. 
Uniforms, 1070. 

Irregularities and deficiencies reported by inspectors- 
Correction by, 124. 
Report of remedial action by, 124, 128, 129. 

Kitchen utensils, supervision and care, 1056. 

Military reservation, use by militia, 1276. 

Mining casemate, installation, 1469. 

Morning report, signing, etc., 1055. 

Mounted organizations to be provided with facilities for hauling and police, 1534. 

Officers- 
Death, report, 1054. 
Incapacitated, report to inspectors, 83. 
I'hysical condition for active service, duties of, 1026. 

Officers' mounts for which additional pay is drawn- 
Inspection, test, etc., 1069. 
Types, suitable mount, 1069. 
Unsuitable, 1069. 

Orderly for, how selected, 809. 

Orders, expenditure of money , issued by, 199, 1057. 

l^ost exchange, sale of intoxicating liquors, 1100. 

Prisoners- 
Escape of, investigation and report by. Ills. 
Officer in charge, detail, 1117. 
Responsibility for security, 1110. 

Public horses, use for pleasure as driving, etc., 1102. 

Public interests to be guarded by, 1004. 



INDEX. 367 

IXumbei's refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Post Commander Continued. 

Public property- 
Care and preservation, 1050. 
Destruction of worthless, surveyed, 1485-14S7. 
Security, 1050, 1063. 

Quartermaster's supplies — 

Inventory at least once a year, 1002. 

Unserviceable, turiiing in by organizations before survey, 1498. 

Quarters, condition, 1050. 

Ration returns, period for which made, 1294. 

Rations appropriate for the particular service to be determined by, 1293. 

Reconnaissance equipment, duties as to supply and instruction, 438. 

Recruit depot posts, command of recruits, 1423. 

Regulations, enforcement, 1050. 

Requisitions, ordnance equipments, 1071. 

Routine matters, disposal by interviews, 1052, 1358. 

Signal Corps men, inspection of offices, etc., 1008. 

Staff, 1456, 1457. 

Subsistence stores- 
Inventory, monthly, 1062, 1237. 
Sales and delivery, regulations, 10G7. 

Swimming, men and horses, 928, 929. 

Tableware, care, supervision, etc., 1056, 1505. 

Target ranges, use by militia, 1276. 

Telegraphic code, custody test, care, etc., 1068. 

Tentage allowance, fixed by, when, 1517. 

Uniforms, responsibilities as to having, wearing, inspections, etc., 1070, 10/2. 

Visits to hospital, guardhouse, etc., by, 59. 

Vouchers, scrutiny, 1064. 
Post Commissary Sergeant: 

Commissary not to devolve his duties upon, 988, 1066, 1480. 

Member of post noncommissioned staff, 985. 

(See Noucommissioned Officers, p. 352.) 
Posters: 

Recruiting stations, 1405. 
Post Exchange: 

Accounts, open, keeping with individuals, 1082. 

Agent for private laundry, 1091. 

Attendants, 1074. 

Bread, sale to, 1042. 

Brooms, corn, issue to, 1104. 

Cash register, 1094. 

Company exchanges prohibited, 765. 

Contracts made by, not binding on United States, 1085. 

Council, 738. 

Coupon-book system of extending credit, 1093. 

Debts of defaulters, deduction from company's share of profits, 774. 

Employees, access to cash, 1074. 

Exchange officer— 

Caslibook, keeping, etc., 1074, 1075, 1076. 
Cash transactions, attending to, 1074, 1075. 
Compensation for services as, not authorized, 1088. 
Duties and responsibilities, 1074, 1075. 



368 I2iD£X. 

I Numbers rpfer to paragrai)li;s when uot otherwise indicated ] 

Post Exchange— Continued. 

Features, 1090. 
Funds- 
Cash, care of, 1074. 
Depositing in bank, 731, 1078. 
Expenditures- 
Cash register, 1094. 

Compensation to exchange officer for his services, unauthorized, 1088. 
Cost of bonding exchange steward, 1087. 
Expenses of a visiting baseball team, 1083. 
Expert auditor, unauthorized, 1081. 
Prizes for athletic sports. 932. 
Volunteer bands, 1034. 
Inspection, etc., 740, lOoO. 

Interest, paying to, or 'eceiving from, an organization, 1080. 
Loaning, 732, 1079. 
Loss, procedure, 739. 
Misapplication, 1077. 
Stoppage of pay, to reimburse, 735 
Taking away from post, 731. 
Transferring, 731. 
Goods, carrying of shoes, bicycles, etc., on consignment, 1092. 
"Intoxicating liquors," 1100. 
Laundries, 940. 

Legislation, anticanteen, to have a fair trial, 1101. 
Membership, 1103. 
Mops, issue to, 1104. 
Penalty envelopes, use, 1098, 1099. 
Profits, payment to volunteer bands, 1084. 
Property of, shipment- 
Public expense, unauthorized. 109(1. 
United States to Manila, 1090. 
Records, 1074, 1075, 1070. 
Recruit depot, to establish barber shop, 1433. 
Regulations, general, governing, 1073. 
Services to Government authorized, when, 1097. 
Soldiers' debts, 774, 1089. 
Steward- 
Cost of bonding, payment, 1087. 
Dally report, 1075, 1070. 
Subsistence stores- 
Purchase at cost price, etc., 1095, 1478. 
Sale without profit, by, 1095. 
Tax on dogs, collection not authorized, 1080. 
Post liuundrlcs. (See Laundries, p. 342. j 

Post Noiifo 111 missioned StafT. (See Noncommissioned Ollicers. p. 352.) 
Post (Jiiartoriiiastcr Sergeant: 

Memlicr of post noncommissioned staff. 98.') 
(See Noncommissioned Ollicers, p. 352.) 
Posts: 

Claims, soliciting at, proliibited. 5.58. 

Commanding ollicer. (See Post Commander, p. 30.>.) 



INDEX. 369 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs wheu not otherwise indicated.] 

Posts— Continued . 
Inspections — 

Artillery inspection of Coast Artillery, 75. 
By Inspector General, 41. 
By post commander, 58. 
Special, of, 41. 
Ungarrisoned, 44. 

(See Inspection of a Garrisoned Post, p. 319; and Ungarrisoned Post, p. 415.) 
Lighting, from fortification electric plants, 712. 
Military, naming buildings, streets, posts, etc., 634. 
Militia officers not to command Regular Army, 960. 
Records, 1354-1359, 1398(6), (c). 
Post Schools: 
Children, 88(1. 
Enlisted men- 
Common branches — 
Attendance. 884, 885. 
Regulations, 884. 

School teacher, extra-duty pay, 884. 
Noncommissioned officers, military subjects, 882. 
Post Treasurer: 

Money accounts, inspection, 141. 
Poach: 

First-aid, marking, 448. 
Powder: 

Defective, special report to Chief of Ordnance, 355. 
Instructions and information relative to, 355. 
Storing in or near subsistence storehouse, 1154. 
Powder Book: 

Seacoast fort, 1392. 
Powder Hoists: 

Instructions for maintenance of 10-inch and 12-inch, 844. 
Power: 

Fire-control purposes, furnished by Engineer Department, 723(a). 
Proceeds of sales of surplus, 172. 
Power Plants: 
Fortifications — 

Central, supplies for, 723(o) and (d). 
Post lighting. 712. 

Power circuits, danger in installing, 70(5. 
Records of history and operations, 1390. 
Supplies for, furnished by Ordnance Department, 723(e). 
Transfer, change, increase of load, etc., 710, 711. 
Practice Firing: 

Range and field, 894, 895. 
Practice Marches: 

Coast Artillery Corps, 897. 
Field training, 895. 
Mobile troops, 897. 
Officers failing to march, etc., 898. 
Teutage, allowance for, 1517. 
PredUters: 

Fortifications, supplied by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
12969°— 12 24 



370 INDEX. 

L Numbers refer to paragraphs when not fitherwise indicated.] 

Prediction Seales: 

Forlifications, supplied by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Presents: 

Contributions for, 1100. 

Receiving and giving of, by officers and employees, 1106. 
Price: 

"Cost price" of subsistence stores defined, 1479. 
Property, reduced, purchase by interested officers. 1203. 
Subsistence sales stores, reduction of, by stirvey, 1499. 
Primers: 

Drill, allowance, when to be used, etc., 3.51. 
Fired, care and disposition of, 1252. 
Inspection of, at Coast Artillery drill, 107. 
Obturating, friction, directions for pulling, 831. 
Printins: 

Letter headings, matter authorized, 1328. 
Printing Press: 

Purchase from band fund. Coast Artillery Corps, 744. 
Prisoners: 

Arms and ammunition for guarding, 403. 
Awaiting trial or result of trial — 

Confined, how, 1109. 

Drill, 1110. 

Summary court cases, 1112. 

Work, 1110. 
Bunks for, 1122. 

Designation and classification, 1107. 

Escape of, investigation and report by commanding officer, 1118. 
Inspection of military, in United States penitentiary, 41. 
Military convicts- 
Clothing list, 1120. 

Confinement with other prisoners, 1111. 

Overcoats, when released, 1121. 

Postage stamps for, 1123. 

Records, posts, 1356. 

Regulations for government at posts, 1108. 

Stationery for, 1123. 

Tailors' utensils, etc., 1125. 

Toilet articles, etc., 1124. 

Trial- 
Offense committed when a soldier, 1126. 
Statute of limitations, escaped, 1137. 

Uniform clothing, wearing, etc., 1119. 
Officer in charge of, detail, 1117. 
Overseer of. detail, 1117. 
Paroling, 1114, 1115. 
Probation of garrison, 1113. 
Security of, responsibility for, 1110. 
Working of, and assignment to work, etc., 1110, 1114, 1115. 
Private Property: 
Boards on— 

Claims for damages from military operations, etc., 626, 659. 

Lost in the service, 627. 



INDEX. 371 

[Xiimbevs refer to paragraphs when not otlnTwipe indicated.] 

Private Property— Continued. 

Deceased members of Soldiers' Home who leave no heirs, etc., disposition, 1455. 
Otficcrs' mounts. (See Horses, p. 314.) 
Reimbursement — 

Officers' or enlisted men's, lost or destroyed in the military service, 1146-1149. 
Officers', shipped on Government bill of lading, lost or destroyed, 11.50. 
Soldier's clothing after his discharge, 1145. 
Stored and unclaimed for over three years, 1151. 
Survey- 
Damaged from military operations, 1501. 
f>oss or damage, shipped on fiovernment bill of lading, 1502. 
Prizes: 

Athletic sports, post-exchange funds, 932. 
Rifle competitors, purchase from company funds, 750. 
Problems: 

Inspection of troops, 79. 
Pfdccoils of Sales: 

Available for disbursement — 
Medical supplies, 177. 
Ordnance property, 178. 
Quartermaster's stores, 171. 
Subsistence supplies, 175, 176. 
Books, library, 180. 
Deposit of— 

Not available for disbursement, rules, 169. 
Pending payment of expenses of sales, 1C8. 
Electric light and power, surplus, 172. 
Empty sacks, barrels, scrap, etc., 170, 737, 1198, 1200. 
Expenses of sales, 166-168. 
Ice, surplus. 172. 

Laundry work, for other branches of the Government, iT2. 
Manure, 174, 949. 

Ordnance stores, serviceable and useless, 17S. 
Private property unclaimed for over three years, 1151. 
Public property transferred, 179. 
Regulations governing, 165-180, 737, 1151. 
"Slush" funds, 170. 

TypewTiters, exchange of old for new, 173. 
Projet'tiles: 

Cleaning, marking, painting, piling, etc., 356. 
Dummy, prevention of sticking, 358. 
Steel, use in target practice or other firings, 357. 
Projects: 

By which money will accrue, 730. 
Promotion. (See Boards of Officers, p. 263.) 
Proof- Firinc: 

Guns and carriages, before use by Coast Artillery, 824. 
Property. (See Company Property, p. 281; Private Property, above; Public Prop- 
erty, p. 374; and Regimental Property, p. 388.) 
Property Accounts: 

Quartermaster's Department, 1217. 
Protection Aaainst Fires: 

Buildings and property, 1152, 1154. 

Chemical e.\;tiDguishers, distribution, recharging, etc., 1155. 



878 INDEX. 

(Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Protection Against Fires— Oonlinued. 
Inflammable articles, storing, 1154. 
Stables, fires prohibited. 1 !.'):{. 
Subsistence storehouses, 11J4. 
Protector Caps: 

Care and disposition, 1253. 
Pr(n iiiK Ground: 

Inspection of, by whom and how often made, 41. 
Public .4nlmal'': 

Allowances, troops in the field, llWi. 
Assigned to organizations- 
Sale, without action of inspector, prohibited: exception, 2S1. 

Turning in without action of inspector, prohibited, 281. 
Assignment to riders or drivers, 1170. 
Branding, IKiO. 
Care and treatment, 1 175. 
Condemned- 
Branding I.e., 1109. 

Transfer to Buieau of Science, I'hilippine Islands, 1180. 
Destruction, authorized, when, 281, 1179. 
Die of sickness, how dropped, 1179. 
Feeding three times a day, 1175. 
Horses. (See Horses, p. 314.) 
Inspection for condemnation, 280-283. 
Inventory and inspection reports, 259, 279-283. 

Killed, to prevent contagion or terminate suffering, how dropped, 1179. 
Mallein treatment, 1178. 
National cemeteries, care, 975, 980. 
Stolen, procedure, 1212. 
Transfer from one branch to another, 1173. 
Watering tliree times a day, 1175. 
Publications: 

Confidential, V,.'.H. 
War Department - 

Books of instruction for personal use of officers, 118,"?. 

List of, for i.ssuc to the militia, 1184. 

Loaning to ofiiccrs from "War Department and (leuerul Staff libraries. 1182. 

Requests for, to whom addressed, 1181. 

Use of words "material" and "materiel." in, 1185. 
Public Bulldlnsrs. (See Buildings, p. 26C.) 
Public Moneys: 

.Vccounts. (See Accounts and Accounts Current, p. 247.) 
Appropriation. (See Appropriations, p. 250.) 
Balances— 

Analy.ses, 213-216, 220. 

Cash-- 

rtedeposit, disbursement, etc., 22S. 
Transfer of, upon rebonding. 204. 
Verification of, before witnesses. 21.5. 210. 

Payment of pressing obligations from any, 183 
Depositaries - 

Authorized for. 22S. 

Distribution of deposits between, 239. 

(See Depositaries, p. 287.) 



INDEX. 373 

INumbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Public Moneys— Continued. 
Deposits — 

Depositary accounts to be designated on, 205. 

Distribution of, between depositaries, 239. 

Miscellaneous receipts, 169, 170. 

Moneys received not available for disbursement, 169. 

Penalty for failure to make, according to law, 228. 

Proceeds of sales, 169, 170. 

Rehonding, 204. 

Receipts for, form, 228. 

Regulations of Treasury Department governing, 228. 

"Slush" funds, 170. 

To he made — 

Promptly, 222, 223. 
Within 30 days, 222. 
Disbursement of undeposited, authorized, when, 223, 228 
Disbursing officers. (See Disbursing Officers, p. 289.) 
Embezzlement, 22S. 
Expenditures — 

Duties of inspectors general, 8. 

Economy in, 67, 1064. 

Orders, involving, 199, 1057. 
Fiscal year. (See Fiscal Year, p. 303.) 

Inspection of money accounts. (See Inspection of Money Accounts, p. 321.) 
Insurance of, prohibited. 211. 
Invoice of, transferred, notations, 187. 
Loss of subsistence funds, survey, 1500. 
Lost or misapplied, relief of accountable officer, 229. 
Orders, involving expenditure, 199, 1057. 

Ordnance Department, instructions governing financial operations, 234. 
Payments. (See Payments, p. 361.) 
Penalties for — 

Embezzlement, 228. 

Failure to deposit according to law, 228. 

Falsification of accounts, making false reports, etc., 231. 

Loaning, etc., 228. 

Using, contrary to law, 228. 
Fer.sonal possession of disbursing officers — 

Alaska, 227. 

Authority of— 
Law, 228. 

Secretary of Treasury, 228. 
Secretary of War, 223-228. 

Commissaries, 223-225. 

Cuba, 227. 

District of Columbia, 228. 

Mine planters, subsistence, 226. 

Philippine Islands, 227. 

Porto Rico, 227. 

Recruiting officers, 224. 

Transport commissaries, 225. 
Post commander's examination of accounts, 1050. 
Proceeds of sales. (See Proceeds of Sales, p. 371.) 
Property, transferred, receipts from, 179. 



374 INDEX. 

INiimbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Public Moneys— Continued. 
Receipts— 

Advance of actual payment, prohibited, 185. 

Blank, prohibited, 18.5. 

Cash transferred, 187. 

Form — 

Cash payments, 190. 
Deposits, 22S. 

Payments - 

Cash, 185, 189, 190. 
Chock, 1S5, 180. 
Reports and records, falsification, etc., 231. 
"Slush" funds, 170. 
Subsistence funds, survey on lo.ss, 1500. 
Transfer of— 

Cash, receipts, 187. 

From one depositary to anotlier, 240. 

Invoice, notations on, 187. 

Rebonding, 204. 

To successor, 200. 
Unauthorized use of, 228. 
Vouchers. (See Voucliers, p. 418.) 
Publlf Property: 

Accountable otBcer — 

Arms and equipments of machine-gim platoons, 1259. 

Board in case of death of, 005. 

Detachment of, 1187. 

Issues, superintendence, 1192. 

Keys of storerooms or chests, 119;j. 

Quartermaster, inventory at least once a year, 1219. 

Repairs and means therefor, 1194. 
Accountability and respon.sibility, general regulations, 118G. 
AccountabiUty system of Quartermaster's Department, 1217. 
Arm che.sts— 

Care and disposition, 1262. 

Responsibility for not having, in case of loss of small arms, 1261. 
.\rm racks — 

Issue, 1261. 

Not to be taken by troops changing station, 1203. 
Band instruments. (See Band Instruments, p. 259.) 
Bandoleers, care, value, disposition, etc., 1254. 
Barrels. (See Barrels, p. 260.) 
Bayonet, accounted for separately, 1258. 
Boxes. (See Boxes, p. 265.) 
Branding of movable, 1196. 
Cases, ammunition. (See Cases, p. 269.) 
Cleaning and preserving material, storage and care, 1195. 
Cleaning rod for ride, accounted for separately, 1258. 
Company commander's responsibility for, can not be transferred to enlisted men, 

1188. 
Condemnation and sale when inexpedient to transport, 249-251. 
Condemned. (See Condemned Property, p. 282.) 
Congress, power of, relative to, 243. 



INDEX. 375 

INumbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Pabllc Property— Continued. 
Crates. (.See Crates, p. 2S(i.) 
Damaged, procedure, etc.— 

Civilian employee's fault or neglect, 1210. 

Common carrier's hands, 1213. 

Enlisted man's fault or neglect, 1208. 

OlTicer's fault or neglect, 1207. 

J'ackages opened for the first time, 1205. 

Store, 1205. 

Surveying officer's action on, by whom and wlien requested, 1503. 

Unavoidable causes, 1200. 

Upon receipt, 1205. 
Defect in, upon receipt, 1205. 
Destroyed — 

Military service, 1211. 

Surveying officer's action, by whom and wlien requested, 1503. 

Unavoidable causes, 1206. 
Destruction- 
Unsalable, on survey report, 1485-1487. 

Worthless, inspected and condemned, 275. 
Division commander's duties as to care, expenditure, etc., 07. 
Embezzled lay a civilian employee, 1210. 
Empty barrels, scrap, etc., accumulations at depots, arsenals and forts, how 

disposed of, 1198, 1199. 
Engineer property, expendable, 1247. (See Engineer Property, p. 296.) 
Enlisted men, accountability and responsibility, 1188, 1189. 
Excess or surplus, inspection for condemnation, 248, 251. 
Exchange of, with manufacturers, 1231. 
E.xpendable— 

Engineer property, 1247. 

Medical supplies, 1244. 

Ordnance, 559, 1260. 

Signal property, 1274. 

Submarine mine, 1463, 1464. 

Subsistence property, 1238, 1239. 
Expended in the military service, 1211 
Expenditures — 

Duties of inspectors general, 8. 

Economy, 67, 1064. 
Fires, protection against, 1152-1155. 
Forage, quarterly verification, 1220. 
Found, unaccounted for, procedure, 1190. 
Fuel, quarterly verification, 1220. 
Guard and police purposes, 1235. 
Guns and carriages. (See Guns and (Carriages, p. 311.) 
Hose, garden and fire, care, 1234. 
Imported, payment of customs duties, 228. 
Inexpedient to transport, may be condemned and sold, 249-251. 
Injury or destruction by trespassers, penalty, 1281. 
Inspection for condemnation. (See Inspection of Property for Condemnation, 

p. 322.) 
Inspectors general, general duties relative to, 8. 
Insurance of, prohibited, 211 . 



376 INDEX, 

I Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Pabllc Property— Continued. 
Inventory — 

Quartermaster supplies, at least once a year, 1062, 1219. 

Subsistence stores, monthly, 1237. 
Inventory and in.spection reports. (See Inventory and Inspection Reports, 

p. 338.) 
Issues, superintendence, 1192. 

Jurisdiction of the Comptroller as to fixing responsibility for loss of, 1214. 
Keys of storerooms or chests, precautions, 1193. 
Lead, junk, signal property, disposition, 1275. 
Loans of, 1215. 

Lockers. (See Lockers, p. 344.) 

Loss, jurisdiction of the comptroller in fixing responsibility for, 1214. 
Lost, procedure, etc.— 

Civilian employees' fault or neglect, 1210. 

(^ommon carrier's hands, 1213. 

Desertion, loss through, 1209. 

Enlisted man's fault or neglect, 1208. 

Military service, 1211. 

Officer's fault or neglect, 1207. 

Tackages opened for the first time, missing, 1205. 

Stolen, 1212. 

Store, 1205. 

Surveying officer's action by whom ami when requested, 1503. 

Unavoidable causes, 1200. 
Machine-gun platoons to take Ordnance property on change of station, 12ti4. 
Marking. (See Marking, p. 345.) 
Measuring instruments, guaranteed, 1249. 
Medical. (See Medical property, p. 347.) 
Medical instruments. (See Medical property, p. 347.) 
Medical supplies, expendable and unexpondable tables, 1244. 
Memorandum receipts, (See Memorandum Receipts, p. 348.) 
Metal turnings, accumulations, how disposed of, 1198, 1199. 
Missing, procedure, 1205. 

Musical instruments. (See Band Instruments, p. 259.) 
Noncommissioned staff, post, accountability for, 1189. 
Obsolete- 
Inspection for condemnation, 253. 

Ordnance- 
Issue to Soldiers' Homes, 1272. 

Parts of seacoast armament, replaced, disposition, 1266. 
Sale without prior condemdation. 1273. 
Officer in charge of, board in case of his death, Ga5. 
Optical instruments, storage and care, 1248. 
Ordnance property. (See Guns and Carriages, p. 311: Ordnance and Ordnance 

Stores, p. 357; and Small Arms, p. 400.) 
Packing materials, crates, etc., care, 1230. 

Post commander's responsibility for care, security, etc., of, 1050, lOta. 
Price reduced, purcha.se by interested oiricers, 1203. 
Primers, fired, care and disposition, 1252. 
Private use^ 1197. 

Protector caps, care and disposition, 1253. 
Public animals. (See Horses, p. 314; and Public Animals, p. 372.) 



INDEX. 377 

1 Numbers refm- to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Public Propertj— Continued. 

Purchasing or receiving in pledge, penalty, 1282. 

Quartonnaster's supplies. (See Quartermaster's Supplies, p. 379.) 

Receipts — 

In blank for, prohibited, 1191. 

Memorandum. (See Memorandum Keceipts, p. 348.) 

Quartermaster's supplies transferred, 1224. 

Recruit detachments leaving recruit depot, 1431. 

Refrigerators, branding, removal, returns, 1221. 

Reinspection of condemned, 274. 

Repairs — 

Care and storage of material for, 1195. 
Responsibility of oflicer in charge for, 1194. 

Requisitions. (See Requisitions, p. 391.) 

Responsibility and accountability, general regulations, 1186. 

Sacks, empty. (See Sacks, p. 394.) 

Sale. (See Sales, p. 394.) 

Scrap, how treated at arsenals, 1271. 

Serviceable- 
Inexpedient to transport, may be condemned and sold, 249-251. 
Inspector's criticisms of old pattern in use, 100. 
Surplus or excess, condemnation and sale, 248, 251. 
Worn, shabby or old pattern, not to be condemned, 273, 328. 

Shortage discovered, 1205. 

Signal Corps, enlisted men accountable for, 1009, 1189. 

Signal property, expendable, 1274. (See Signal Property, p. 400.) 

Small arms. (See Small Arms, p. 400.') 

Stolen, procedure, 1209, 1210, 1212. 

Straw, quarterly verification, 1220. 

Submarine mine property. (See Submarine Mining, p. 404.) 

Subposts, coast artillery, care of, 717. 

Subsistence supplies. (See Subsistence Supplies, p. 405.) 

Subtarget gun machines, not to be taken on change of station, 1263. 

Surplus- 
Inspection for condemnation, 248, 251. 
Not borne on the returns, 33, 1190 

Targets, iron, for gallery practice, not to be taken on change of station, 12()3. 

Telescope cases, possession of enlisted men, 1226. 

Telescopic sights, storage and care, 1248. 

Tentage. (See Tentage, p. 410.) 

Transfer— 

From one bureau or department to another, 179. 
Subsistence supplies, 179. 
To successor, 206. 

Transportation. (See Transportation, p. 413.) 

Troops changing station- 
Not to take certain — 

Ordnance property, 1263. 
Quartermaster's supplies, 1225. 
Subsistence property (to Philippines), 1240. 
To take certain- 
Ordnance property, 1264. 
C^uartermaster's supplies, 1225. 



378 INDEX. 

I Numbers refer to parasraphs whi'ii not (itlierwlse indicated.] 

Public Property— Continued. 

Turned in to depot, may be destroyed or broicen up, when, 272. 
Turning in to depot- 
Authority of head of department, 271. 

I'liilippincs Division, 271. 
'i'ypewriters, exchange of old for new, 1231. 
Unaccounted for, procedure when found, 1190. 
Unserviceable ■ 

All, to be inspected during tours, 250. 

Classification of, with reference to its disposition, 257. 

Donation of, through action of Inspector General's Department, 276. 

Inspection or survey, law, 244. 

Inspectors to act on, during any visit, 32. 

Survey of, before inspection, when and when not necessary, 257, 262. 

To be presented to inspectors upon visits, 258. 

(See Inspection of Property for Condemnation, p. 322.) 

(.See Surveying Ollicer, p. 408.) 
"Unsuitable," as used in Revised Stat., 1241, definition and disposition, 248-251, 

253. 
Use by the militia, 1276. 
Verification— 

Fuel, forage, and straw, quarterly, 1220. 

Medical property, annual, 1242. 

Quartermaster's supplies, inventory at least once a year, 1219. 

Subsistence stores, monthly inventory, 1237. 
Waste products, empty barrels, etc., disposition of, 1198, 1199. 
Worn but serviceable ordnance property, issue and reissue, 1265. 
Punish men ts: 
Enlisted men 

By company commander without trial, 1278. 

Limits of, 1277. 
Offenses committed on transports, 531, 532. 
Penalties- 
Applicants for enlistment fraudulently procuring transportation or sub- 
sistence, 1403. 

Disclosure of national-defense secrets, 1279. 

Places of amusement discriminating against persons wearing the uniform, 
1280. 

Purchasing, or receiving in pledge, public property, 1282. 

Records, destroying or carrying away, 1330. 

Trespassing on reservations, fortifications, etc., 1281. 

(See Public Moneys, p. 372.) 
Purchases: 

Abroad, how paid, 19S. 

Arsenal or depot, inquiry by inspectors general, 110((/). 

Disbursing officers, interest in, 208. 

Discharges, by enlisted men, 681. 

Food and dnigs standard, 69. 

From persons in the military service, 210, 066, 667. 

Horses - 

Breeding purposes, 1105. 

Gray or white, prohibited, 1166. 

Mounted srvice, 1U>5. 

Open market, lUV;, 1168. 



INDEX. 379 

I Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Parchases— Continued . 

Quartermaster's suppHes, instructions, 23.^. 

Regulations and instructions, OOl, 002. 

Vouchers, data to be given on, 19.5. 

(See Contracts, p. 282.) 
Pure Food Law. (See Food and Drugs Act, p. 304.) 
Quartermaster General: 

Band instniments, authority of, for alterations, 1223. 

Depots, for storage of condemned blankets and clothing, designated by, 29.5, 296. 

Notification of proposed inspection of, to be sent to, M. 

Typewriters, authority of, for submission to an inspector, 305. 

(See Chiefs of Bureaus, p. 273.) 
<}uartermaster'*: 

Animals, assignment to driver or rider, 1170. 

Army transports— 

Inspection in absence of regular inspector, 40. 
Passengers, conduct of first class, responsibility, oil. 
Philippine interisland, relieved by agents, 542. 
Reports of arrival and departure of transport, 500. 
Status with reference to commanding officer of troops, 509. 
Wireless-telegraph plants, control, 510. 

Business methods of, 31. 

Cash book, instructions for keeping, 232. 

Constructing, control of employees, 645. 

Fuel, forage, and straw, quarterly verification, 1220. 

Lockers, wall, branding, removal, returns, 1221. 

Money accounts, inspection, 141, 142. 

Money papers, instructions for preparation, 232. 

National cemeteries assigned to, list, 965. 

Public buildings- 
Inspection — 

About to be occupied, allotted, or vacated, 61. 
Annual, 60, 1001. 

Records. 1379, 1380. 

Refrigerators, branding, removal, returns, 1221. 

Samples- 
Cloth and braid for guidance of officers, 1555. 
Garments for "trying on" of soldiers' uniforms, 1566. 

Supplies, inventory at least once a year, 1219. 

Tableware of each outgoing organization to be kept separately by, 1504. 

Transportation in the field, responsibility for condition, 1530. 
<iuartermaster's Department: 

Business methods of officers of, 31. 

Detail of line officers to, 493. 

Fortifications- 
Electric plants, use for lighting posts by, 712. 
Supplies furnished by, 723(d). 

Officers' private mounts, sale to, and purchase from, 1130. 

Organization, 474. 

Property accountability system, 1217. 

Semimonthly payment of employees, 649. 
Quartermaster's Supplies: 

Accountability system, 1217. 

Allowance for troops in the field, 456. 



380 INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to paragraj)hs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Qnartrrmasler's Supplies— Continued. 

Band instruments, unserviceable, to be surveyed, 291, 1494. 

Bicycles, issue, 580. 

Boxes, packing, dimensions, etc., 1229. 

Clothing infected with contagious disease, survey, 1485. 

Colors, standards, and guidons, unserviceable, silken, to be surveved, :i(ki. \4'M'<. 

Cuspidors for buildings used by enlisted men, 1233. 

Equipments for field, 456. 

Excess of needs, condemnation and sale, 240, 248, 251. 

Fortifications, articles supplied, 72i{a), (c), (rf), 724. 

Ftimilure, heavy, for oflicers' quarters, 1286. 

Guard and police purposes, 1235. 

Inspection for condemnation, 291-306. 

inventory at least once a year, 10()2, 1219. 

Memorandum receipts, 1217. 

Odd articles, as shoes, gloves, and leggings, how disposed of, 298. 

Packing boxes for, dimensions, weight, etc., 1229. 

Proceeds of sales of serviceable, 171. 

Procurement of. instructions governing, 2.33. 

Receipts covering transfers of, 1224. 

Requisitions, instnictions, 12:52. 

Stock to be kept at posts and stations, 1218. 

Tableware, 302, 303, 1504-1506. 

Telescope cases, possession of enlisted men, 1226. 

Tentage. (See Tentage, p. 410.) 

Transfers, method, 1217. 

Transportation, means of. (See Transportation, p. 413.) 

Troops changing station- 
Not to take certain, 122'). 
To take certain, 1225. 

Typewriters — 

Authority of Quartermaster General for submission to an inspector, 305. 
Exchange of old for new, 1231. 

I'nserviceable, turning in to quartermaster by organizations before survey, 1498. 

Verification of fuel, forage, and straw, quarterly, 1220. 

Veterinary supply table, 1576. 
Quarters: 

Allowance of rooms for otncers, 1285. 

Appropriations for, construed, 629. 

Bachelor olllccrs, assignment, 1283. 

Commutation of, for recniiting parties, 1414. 

Construction of officers', restrictions in cost, 1287. 

Contract surgeons and acting denial surgeons, 1284. 

Enlisted men- 
Lease at place from which absent on furlough or temporary duty, 1291. 
Lodgings at place of temporary detached service, 1290. 
Noncommissioned staff, assignment, 1289. 
Recniiting parlies living out of, 1-114. 

Furniture, heavy, for oflicers, 12s6. 

Machine-gun platoons, 1288. 
({ulckiline: 

Storing in or near subsistence storehouses, 1154. 



INDEX. 381 

I Numbers refer to paragraphs whou not otherwise indicated.] 

Bailroads: 

Laud-grant and bond-aided, list, 1292. 
l^ublic propertj' lost or damaged in hands of, 1213. 
(See Private Property, p. 370.) 
Kaiiips: 

Fortifications, repair, 723(a). 
Kaii)<e Boards: 

FortLQcations supplied by Ordnance Department, 723(c), 
(See Time Range Board, p. 411.) 
Range Finders: 

Fortifications supplied by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
lustniction in use of, to be inquired into by inspectors, 79. 
Machine-gun platoons, 400. 
Transfer of permanently eraplaced, 8o<i. 
Weldon, issue to companies and troojis, 40s. 
Rans;e Rods: 

Fortifications, supplied by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Ran^es. (See Cooking Equipment, p. 283.) 
Range Tables: 

Fortifications, supplied by Ordnance Department, 72:Xc). 
Ration and Savings Account. (See Rations, below.) 
Rations: 

Accumulations, prevention of loss, 1310. 

Appropriate for particular service to be determined by the commanding ofticer, 

1293. 
Bartering of articles purchased or drawn, 1309. 
Beef, fresh, sale or exchange by organizations, 1309. 
Civilian employees- 
How rationed, etc., 1301. 
On tugs, lighters, launches, etc., I'iO". 
Commutation — 
Enlisted men — 

Army and Navy General Hospital duty, 1303. 
Coflee money, 1304. 
Mine planters, 1303. 
Organized Militia, dutj', 130:;. 
Sick in hospital, 1303, 1305. 
Female Nurse Corps, 1303, 130.5. 
Regulations, 1303-1305. 
Component articles and their equivalents, table, 1295. 
Emergency, 1297. 
Filipino, 1022. 
Haversack, 1022, 1290. 
Hospital matrons, 1308. 
Loss, prevention, 1310. 

Lost or destroyed, reimbursement of company fimd, 7ti9. 
Marine Corps, 535, 953. 

Navy, sick transferred to transport hospital, 53.j. 
Noncommissioned stafl^, how rationed, etc., 1299. 
Occasions for which the different kinds are intended, 1293. 
Ration and savings account — 
Civilian employees, 1301. 
Company fund, receipts from, to be spent only for food, 7t>4. 



862 INDEX. 

I Xnmbers rofcr to parap:riii)hs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Rations— Continued. 

Ration and savings account — Continued. 

Distribution of savinps to persons messing separately — 
Civilian employees, 1299, 1301. 
Enlisted men, 1299. 

Payment must be made by organization commander, 1299. 
System, value of ration, etc., 1298-1.301. 
Reserve, renewal, action to be taken, 1310. 
Return- 
Period for which made, 1294. 

To include all enlisted men belonging lo the organization, 1299. 
Selling of articles purchased or drawn, 1309. 
Supply to be carried on trans-Pacific transports, 1311. 
Raw Material: 

Inspection of, used by contractors, 062. 
Receipts: 

Blank checks transferred, 160, 162. 
Civilian employees' traveling expenses, 048. 
Memorandum. (See Memorandum Receipts, p. 348.) 
Ordnance property turned in. preparation, 1270. 
Public moneys- 
Advance of actual payment prohibited, 185. 
Blank, prohibited, 185. 
Cash transferred, 187. 
Form - 

(ash payments, 190. 
Deposits, 228. 
Pajrments — 

Cash, 185, 189, 190. 
Check, 185, 186. 
Signature, vouchers, witnessing, etc., 191. 
Public property, blank, prohibited, 1191. 
Quartennaster's supplies transferred, expedition of, 1224. 
Reeoll Cylinders: 

Care and cleaning, instructions, 835. 
Keccomniendatlons: 

Advancement of officers, outside influence, etc., 1012. 

Commanders and superior officers to make, in forwarding communications, 1345. 
Reports of inspections, 111, 112, 127, p. 236. 
Statements of irregularities to indude, what, 127, p. 2.36. 
Reconnaissance Instrumentss: 
Allowance— 

Organizations and posts, 433-437. 
To be kept on hand at all times, 434, 438. 
Depots designated for turning in, 322. 
Inspection for condemnation, 322. 
Instruction in use of, 438. 
Recontres: 

Field training, 895. 
Record-Card System. (See Records, p. 383.) 
Roconllng Rifle Rod Oatlits: 
I.<!sue for instruction, 406. 



INDEX. 383 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs whi'n not otherwise indicated.] 

Records: 

Abbreviations A. R. and R. S. to be used in, 1336. 

Aets of bravery or courage, testimony for completion of, 1012. 

Ambulance companies, 1382. 

Artillery district, 1353. 

Artillery engineer, 1387-1390. 

Artillery firing, 1374. 

Band fund, Coast Artillery, 1367. 

Band, regimental, 1368. 

Battalions, 577, 1369, 1370. 

Cable booii, 1388. 

Chaplain, 1396. 

Coast Artillery subposts, 1364. 

Commissary, 1300, 1381. 

Company, 1371-1378. 

Correspondence boolt, 1319, 1320, 1327, 1368. 

Dental, 1382. 

Depots, medical supply, 1.382. 

Descriptive cards, public animals, 1379. 

Descriptive lists, 1372. 

Destroying or carrying away public, 1330. 

Destruction of certain, after five years, 1377, 1378. 

Disbursing officer — 

Inspection of, 137. 

Transfer to successor, 206. 
Docmnent file, 1319. 
Emplacement boolv, 1361-1363. 
Engineer Department, 1.386. 
Falsification of, penalty, 231. 
Field hospitals, 1382. 

Fire-control installations, record of history and operations, 1390. 
Fort record book and files, 1360. 
Guard report^ 

Instructions to inspectors, 97. 

List of guard and police property not to be entered on, 1235. 
Headquarters, administrative, method of keeping, etc., 1318. 
Historical record of organizations and staff departments, 1376. 
Hospital, military, 1382. 
Identification, of enlisted men, 1384. 
Indelible pencil may be used, when, 1327. 
Information, furnishing from — 

Basis of claims, 058. 

By persons in the military service, 1331. 

Coast defenses, what may be given out, 722. 

National defense secrets, penalty, 1279. 

To Congress, 652, 1332. 
Inks, colored, use in, 1325. 
Inspectors' duties as to unnecessarj' papers, 98. 
Letters-received book, discontinued, 1319. 
Letters-sent book, discontinued, 1319. 
Loaning of, for use by courts, boards, etc., 1333. 
Marches, field notes, route maps and journals. 1.357. 



384 INBEX. 

I Numbers reft'i- to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Records — Continued . 

Medical Department - 

Ambulance companies, 1382. 

Dental, 1382. 

Depots, medical supply, 1382. 

Documents, obsolete and worthless, disposition, 1383. 

Field hospitals, 1382. 

Hospitals, military, 1382. 

Identification records of enlisted men, 1384. 

Medical department in the field, 1.382. 
Military convicts at posts, 1356. 
Mining casemates, history and operations, 1390. 
Morning report- 
Instructions to inspectors, 97. 

Signing by post commander, 1055. 
Mo.ss-Dalton Company, purchase from company funds, 759. 
National cemetery, 1397. 

Obsolete and worthless accumulations of the Medical Department, 1.383. 
Office of the Chief of StaS, regulations, 1350. 
Officers' official, recommendations, outside infiuence, etc., 1012. 
"Official copy" by impressed stamp, 1324. 
Order file, 1319. 
Orders, diposition of division and department, when companies or regiments are 

relieved, 1375. 
Ordnance Department, 1391-1394. 
Ordnance officers- 
Artillery district, 1.393, 1394. 

Seacoast fort, powder book, 1392. 
Paymaster, 138, 1385. 
Post- 
Books and records, 1354-135S, 1398(6), (c). 

(iuard report. 97, 12.35. 

Morning report, 97, 1055. 
Post bakery, 1355. 

Post books for commanding officer of troops on transports, 528. 
Post exchange. 1074, 1075, 107i>. 
Post laundry, 1379. 
Powder book, 1392. 

Power plants, fortification, liistory and operations, 1390. 
Prisoners, 1356. 

Quartermaster, 232, 1217. 1379, 1380. 
Record-card system — 

At posts, prescribed for post headquarters only, 1316. 

Bureaus of War Department, 1312. 

Continuous if once adopted, 1315. 

Headquarters of— 

Artillery districts, 1314. 1315. 
Military districts, 1314, 1315. 
Pennancnt military jjosts, 1313-1316. 

Officers at division and department headquarters, 1313, 1315. 

Not extended to — 

Depots of supply, 1317. 
Regimental headquarters, 1366. 



INDEX. 385 

I Numbers refer to p.-nai^rjiplis wln'ii iiol ol lierwise iudiciited.] 

Kecords — Continued. 

" Record of ordnance and ordnanee stores at iiosi," I'MH. 
Recruit, at {larrisoned posts. l:WS (c). 
Recruit depot , 1398(«). 
Recruit depot posts, 139S(6). 
Recruiting stations — 

Auxiliary, 1398(«). 

Main. i398(rf). 
Regimental, 13fi5, ISfiti, 1375-1378. 
Retained papers relative to company properly, 1373. 
Rosters, 1359. 

Searchlight, history and operations, 1390. 
Signal Corps. 1387, 1395. 
Target record, 1327. 
Telegraph offices, 1395. 
Transfer to successor, 20(1. 

Typewriters, use in preparing pay rolls, final statements, etc., 132ti. 
(See Correspondence, p. 284.) 
Kecrult Depot Posts: 
I-ist of, 1423, note. 
Records, 1398(&). 
Recruits at, control, etc., 142:?. 
Recruit Depots: 

Applicants for enlistment— 

Articles of War, reading to, 544. 
Hand, 477, 573. 

Barber shop to be established by post exchange at, 1433. 
Board of medical officers on disabled soldiers, 621. 
Companies — 

.Vutliorized. 477. 

Noncommissioned officers, temporary appointments, 1002. 
Correspondence between heads of staff departments and ollicers on duty at, 1348. 
Division commander's control, 1422. 
Fort McDowell, seacoast batteries, etc., attached to, 1435. 
Fort Slocum, seacoast batteries, etc., attached to, 1435. 
Inspection— 

.\ssignment, 43, 135. 

By whom and how often made, 41, 43, 68. 

Ivimited, under di\ision conunander, 1422. 

Report of, addressing and forwarding, 68, 118, 119. 

Report of remedial action on defects, etc., reported by inspectors, 124, 128. 

Seacoast batteries attached to certain, 1435. 

(See Inspection of a Garrisoned Post, p. 319.) 
List of. 1423. note. 
Records, 1398 (a). 1493. 
Recniits — 

Band musicians, enlistment, 1426. 

Canvas bags for, leaving, 1429. 

Caps to be worn by, en route to join organizations, 1430. 

Civilian clothing of accepted, disinfection, 14:52. 

Clothing to be taken by, destined for Pliilippines, 1428. 
12969°— 12 25 



386 INDEX. 

I Xiiiuhors i-ofi'f in paragraphs \vh< n not ()ther\vi<i' indicated.] 

Recruit Depots -Continued . 
llecruits— Continued . 
Inst ruction- 
Colored recruits of no previous service not to be held for, 1425. 
Directions of Secretary of War relative to, 1425. 
Organization for, 1424. 
Public property sent with detachments of, I4:il. 
Selection of, for engineer coinpanie,<;, 1427. 
Subsistence sales list, 1475. 
Becrultins Officers. (See Recruiting Stations, lielow.) 
Kecrultins Parties. (See Recruiting Stations, below.) 
Recruiting Service: 

General regulations governing, 141(1. 
Recruiting Stations: 
Applicants for enlistment- 
Accepted, instructions as to forwarding, 1402. 
Articles of War, reading to, 544. 
Assignment of, special, 1401. 
Declined to enlist once after acceptance, 1399. 
English language, test, 1399. 
Ex-convicts, 1399. 
Militiamen, 1400, 
Minors, 1399. 

Papers pertaining to at'cepted, prompt forwarding, 1402. 
Physical examination, 1399. 
Qualirjcations. rates of pay, etc., 1399. 
Subsistence procured by fraudulent application. 1403. 
Transportation - 

Procuring by fraudulent application, 14(H. 
Return, not to bo furnished certain, 1403. 
Uniform clothing not issued to, 1420. 
Vaccination, 1421. 
Flags, 1405, 140(). 
Inspection — 

Assignment, 135. 
Auxiliary, 1407. 

By whom and how often made, 41, t>8. 
Instructions to inspectors relative to. 117, 140»i, 1407. 
Meals, 140S. 
Reports- 
Addressing and forwarding, tiS. lis, 119. 
Preparation, statistical data, etc., 117. 
Remedial action on defects, etc., 124, 128. 
Lodging, contract, 667. 
Meals- 
Contract for, with wife of member of party, 066, 667. 
Rebates prohibited, (iOS. 
Tickets unused, disposition, 668, 
Newspapers and periodicals, 1409, 
Noncommissioned ollicers for, 1003. 
onrice hours, 1411. 

Ollice, instructions relative to leasing, facilities, change of location, etc., 1416. 
Orderly, 1406, 1412, 1418, 



INDEX. 3«7 

I Numbers refer to paragraijbs whon not otherwise indicated.] 

Recruiting Stations— Continued . 
I'osters, 1405. 
Records- 
Auxiliary, 139)S(«). 

Main, 1398 (d), 1493. 
Recruiting oflicers — 

(^oll'ee money, payment to men ordered on journeys, 1304. 

Correspondence between heads of staff departments and, 1348. 

Funds in personal possession, 224. 

Instructions to inspectors relative to, 140(1. 

Report of remedial action on defects, etc., reported by inspectors, 124, 12,S. 

Retired officers- 
Eligible for detail. 1437. 
Not "required to be mounted,"' 1438. 

Uniform, 1418. 
Recruiting parties- 
Arms and equipments, 414, 1404. 

Identification tag, 410. 

Instructions to inspectors relative to, 1406. 

MaiTiage of, permission, 1414. 

Orderly, 1412, 1418. 

Passes, 1413. 

Quarters- 
Commutation of, 1414. 
I^rivilege of living out of, 1414. 

Subsistence for men living out of quarters, 1414. 

Uniform, 1418, 1419. 
Recruiting service, general regulations governing, 1416. 
Signs, 1405. 

Status as "military station," 1410. 
Toilet articles for, 1417. 
Recruits: 

Articles of War, reading to, 544. 
Canvas bags for, leaving recruit depots, 1429. 
Clothing for use in traveling on transports, 512. 
Command of, at depot posts, 1423. 
Complaints as to general unfitness, 92. 

Engineer companies, selection, complaints as to charar-ter, etc., 1427. 
Hats, service, issue to, 1430. 
Identification tag, 410. 
Instruction at recruit depots, 1424, 1425. 
Rifle, with Maxim silencer, issued for instruction of, 402. 
Typhoid prophylactic, 686. 
Red Cro.ss. (See American National Red Cross, p. 248.) 
Reduction: 

Noncommissioned officers to private prior to discharge, 1007. 
I'ost noncommissioned staff, 990. 
RpfrlKcrators: 

Branding, removal, returns, 1221. 
Rejiiment: 

Articles of War, reading to, 543. 
Enlisted strength, 4S3. 
Fund. (See Funds, p. 306.) 



388 INDEX. 

[ Nuinbors i-cfcr to parjiHi'Mplis wlnii not Dtlx'fwisc indicated.] 

l{ei;iiiient — Continued. 

Inspection liy commander, monthly, 57. 

Orders, disposition of division and department, npon relief of. \^r,. 

Provisional for ("oast Artillery Corps, authorized, 4.St). 

Kcginiental records, 13(1.5, 13tiii, 137r)-l37S. 
Ueiliiiiontal ConiiiiuiKier: 

Comrnimications, forwarding, duties, 1345. 

f liseases, prevention. <)S7. 

Inspections — 

Command, monthly, ,")7. 

Company fun<l accounts, 77S. 

Ordnance etiuipments of command, 1071. 

Instruction, latitude to lie given, S99. 

oiticers incapacitated, report to insiiector, liy, 83. 

Requisitions, ordnance equipmen Is, 1071. 

Staff, H.IO. 
Keg'liiiental Fund. (.See Funds, p. 300.) 
Ueul mental llospituls: 

Equipment, 442, 443. 

filched once in three monllis. 442. 

I'osts supplied with, list, 442. 
Ke!;liiiental I'roiiert) : 

Musical instruments. accountaMlity. 1222. 

I'ackinj;, explosi\ es. matches, etc.. 1228. 
Rei;ulati(>n.s: 

Chief of Ordnance can not make, for inspection of ordnance property forcondetn- 
natioii, 247. 

Criticisms of, in inspection reports. 112. 

Officers' personal use, 1183. 

Post commander's duties as to enforcement of, 10.50. 

Treasury Department, relative to puhlic moneys, 228. 
Koi in burse nient: 

Company fund- 

Charges on pay rolls, limit. 773. 
Rations lost or destroyed, 709. 
Stoppage, of i>ay, 735. 

i'rivate property— 

Officers' or enlisted men's, lost or destroyed in the military service, 114fi-1149. 
Officers', shipped on Covernment hill of lading, lost or destroyed, llfii). 

Regimental or yjosi. exchange funds, by stoppage of pay, 735. 
Kr mount Depots: 

Detachments, enlisted strength and composition, 47!'. 

(See Depots, p. 2KS,') 
Reorganization: 

Army, 474. 
Repairs: 

.\rms and equipments, company kit, 454. 

Hand instruments, 291, 122;j. 

Kquipments, personal and horse, in organizations, 330. 

I'ire-control instruments issued by Ordnance Department, 840. 

Kortifications. (See Fortifications, p. 304.) 

Cuns and carriages, seacoast, method for making, 840. 

fee plants, 870. 

Ordnance material, issued to field artillery, 72, 73, 842. 



INDEX. 389 

I Xnmliprs i-efor to paragraphs whon imt Kiliorwiso iiulicnlcd. | 

Repairs— Conl inued . 

Militia- 
Coast Artillery, S4I. 
Fipkl Artillery, 842. 

ordnance property, 33.'j. 

Public property in u.se or in store, 1194. 

Roads, walks, sewers, etc., at seacoast posts, 723(d). 

Shipment of ordnance property to arsenals for, 33.'), 337. 

Signal Corps structures, of fire-control system, 700. 
Repair Shops. (See Ordnance Repair Shops, p. 359.) 
Reports: 

Annual. (See Annual Reports, p. 249.) 

Army transports, arrival and departure— 
Commanding generals, 50(). 
■j'ransport quartermasters, 50(i. 

Channels of forwarding from posts, 134.'!. 

Commanding officers, on — 

Buildings, new, inspection, lOiiO. 

Mining casemate, when temporary inslallalion is impractieal)le, 1469. 
Officers- 
Death, 1054. 

Incapacitated, to inspectors, 83. 
Private mounts, unsuitat'le, 10ti9. 
Unable or failing to take practice marches, 898. 
Prisoners, escape of, 1118 

Remedial action on defects, etc., reported liy iaspeclors, IM, 128, 129. 
Troops on transports, 50,5. 

Complaints, 92, 93. 

False, penalty for making, 231. 

Field training in the making of, 895. 

Infractions of the eight-hour law, 090. 

Inspection. (See Reports of Inspections, below.) 

Inspectors' duties relative to, unnecessary, 98. 

In.spectors' separate, on general questions, 112. 

Inventory and inspection reports. (See Inventory and Inspection Reports, p. 338.) 

Investigations, 25, 20, 130. 

Officers incapacitated, 83. 

Personal. (See Personal Reports, p. 302.) 

Practice marches, officers not marching, etc., 898. 

Sur\'eying officers. (See Surveying Officer, p. 408.) 

Verbal, by inspector general, upon return from tours, 37. 
Reports of Inspection: 

Action on, by- 
Division commanders, lis, 121, 123, 124. 
Inspector (ieneral of the Army, lis, 122. 

Anny transports, 40, 47. 

Arsenals- 
Addressing and forwarding, 08, 118. 119. 
Statistical data, 110. 

liayonet instruction, 80. 

Boats, Coast Artillery, 1(H). 

Books, library, 91. 

Buildings, designation and Jiumber fo be given, 114. 



390 INDEX. 

I Xnmbors refor to parasraiihs whtui not otluM-wisf iiidicnted.] 

Reports of Inspcftloii— Continuod. 
Business methods 

Division and department headquarters, 42. 

OfTicers of Quartennaster's Department, '.H. 
Chief of Staff, submission to, IIS. 
Cormnendations, arrangement in, 111. 
Complaints, 92, '.)?,. 
("onclu.sions 

Based, as far as ])ractic'al)le. on inspector's own observations, 117. 

Commands, elliciency, discipline and instruction, 111. 

Inspector's own views and, required, 9'2. 

Su))jects for action of higher authority, 112. 
Depots— 

Addressing and forwarding, (i8, lis, 119. 

Stati.stical data. 11(1. . 
Desertions, S-1. 

Division inspectors general to initial last indorsement on, when, 130. 
Drills and exercises held for in.spector, how stated in. Ill, li:i. 
Enlisted men, how reported, ill, pp. 2;37, 238. 
Equipment, old pattern, .serviceable, criticisms, KM). 
Extracts- 

Favoral>le or unfavorable mention of oHicers — 
("hannels, 122. 

Who may furnish, 121, 122, 123. 
Field ,\rtillcry instruction, 101, 103. 
FieM officers' physical fitness, S2. 
Filed, where, 118, 131. 

Form and "Directions" for, of a garrisoned post, 111, pp. 2.35-241. 
Forwarding— 

Channels, (i8, 118. 

Directly to Inspector General of the Anny, 118, 119. 
Ilo.spital Corps drill, 113. 

Hospitals, general, addressing and forwarding, 118, 119. 
Inspector general, division, to Initial last indorsement on, when, 1.30. 
Inventory and inspection reports. (See Inventory and Inspection Reports, p. 33S.) 
Irregularities and deficiencies- 
Arrangement of, in. 111, pp. 237-241. 

Inspector's own views and conclusions reqiiire<l, when. 92. 

Inspectors to personally investigate certain, 92. 

Irregularities to be reported with strict impartiality, S, 22. 

Law, regulations or orders, criticisms, 112. 

Money accounts, 111, 124, 128, 137. 

Orders or regulations upon which defects, etc. , are based, to be cited, 1 16. 

To .show th;it statement of, has been fumi.shed, 12.5. p. 241. 

Trivial matter, how treated, I'iti. 

Unremedied from previous in.spect ion, 1 1 1 , p. 238, and p. "239, par. li). 
Law, criticisms, 112. 
Money accounts- 
Forwarding, lis, 119, 242. 

Irregularities, 111, 124, 128, 137. 

To lie sent to Congress, 131. 
Morning and guard reports, 97. 
National cemeteries, addressing and forwarding, 118, 119. 



INDEX. 391 

I Xiimbers refpr to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Reports of Inspection — Continued. 

National Honle for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 51. 

Officers- 
Absent, how reported, 111, p. 237. 
( 'onimanders commended, names to be given, 115. 
Extracts, favorable or unfavorable, mention, 121, 122, 123. 
Field, physical fitness for field service, 82, p. 241. 
Incapacitated, S3. 
Private mounts, 81. 
Hiding, 81. 
Unable to make practice marches, 898. 

Orders, criticisms, 112. 

Ordnance property, excess or surplas, 33. 

Pacific Branch, I'nited States, military prison — 
Addressing and forwarding, 68, 118, 119. 

Posts- 
Channels for forwarding, 118. 
Extraneous subjects, not to be included in, 112. 
Garrisoned, form and "Directions" for, 111, pp. 235-241. 
Lunited to the particular post only, 112. 

Preparation of. 111-117, 12.5-127; pp. 235-241. 

Reconmiendations in. Ill, 112, 127, p. 2.36. 

Regulations, criticisms, 112. 

Recruit depots- 
Addressing and forwarding, (iS, 118, 119. 

Recruiting stations- 
Addressing and forwarding, (iS, US. 119. 
Preparation. 117. 

Return of troops, HI, pp. 237-238. 

Separate, to be made on general questions, etc., 112. 

Signaling, 113. 

Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia, 50. 

Supplies, old pattern, serviceable, criticisms, 100. 

Telephones, condition, where installed, etc., 96. 

Trivial matters to I'C excluded from, 126. 

Ungarrisoned posts, addressing and forwarding, 120. 

United Slates Military Prison and branch - 
Addressing and forwarding, 68, 118, 119. 

Verbal, by inspectors general, upon return from tours, X. 
Reports of Remedial Action: 

On defects etc., reported Iiy inspectors- 
I'hannels for forwarding, 124, 129. 
Coast Artillery posts, 124, 129. 
Filing, 124. 

Preparing and signing, 124, 128. 
Requisitions: 

Blank fonns to be called for by number and name, 581. 

Money, depositary accounts to be designated on, 205. 

QuarteiTuaster's supplies, 1232. 

Ordnance store-i, 1071. 12.56, 1400. 
Reservations: 

Claims, soliciting on, prohibited, 658. 

Penalty for trespassing on, etc., 1281. 

Use by militia, 1276. 



392 INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to parngraphs when not otherwise indicatod.l 

Kfsistiincps: 

Fortifications, supplied by Ordnance Department, "i-'^icK 
Kesponsibility. (See Public Property, p. 374.) 
Responsible O Hirer: 

In.spectlon of property for condemnation- 
Accompanies the inspector, 204. 
Sipns inventory, 2(il. 

Requests for surveying officer's action on property, 1503. 
Retired Noncommissioned Oflirers: 

Detail to educational institutions, 1011. 
Retired Officers: 

Articles of War, .subject to, 1439. 

Assignment — 

Active duty, positions, etc., 1430, 1437. 
Soldiers' Home, pay and emoluments, 1440. 

Detail to educational institutions, laws and regulations, 1442. 

Militia inspections, 53. 

Mounts, status on active duty, 1438. 

Pay and allowances, 1430. 

Status as to holding ofTiee in, and receiving salary from, the National Monie for 
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1441. 
Retirement: 

Paymasters' clerks, 474. 

Veterinarians of Cavalry and Field Artillery, 1572. 
Retiring Boards. (See Boards of Officers, p. 263.) 
Retreat. (See Ceremonies, p. 269.) 
Returns: 

Channels of forwarding from jwsts, 1343. 

Manuscript blank, prohibited, when, 582. 

Ration, 1294, 1299. 

Troops, in reports of inspections. 111. 
Reunions: 

Attendance of troops at, policy of M'ar Department, 498. 
Revenue-Cutter Ser< lee: 

Transportation on Army transports, law, 537. 
Review : 

Before an inspector, who receives, ().35. 

Drawing and returning sabers at, fCiO. 

Inspection of troops to be preceded by a, 70. 

Officers of staff departments, position at, 1457. 

Position of certain noncommissioned staff at, 991. 
Revised Statutes: 

R. S., as an abbreviation of. to be used. 1330. 

Section 1107, construed as to regulations for inspection of property for condemna- 
tion, 247. 

Section 1241, relative to condemnation and sale of unserviceable property- 
Construed, 245, -240, 248-253. 
Quoted in full, 244. 

Sections .3(;20 and 54SK, relative to public moneys, (luoted in full, 22s. 
Rpvohers: 

Ambulance companies, 441. 

Destruction on inventory and inspection reports, prohibited, 337. 

Rebrowning, etc., 340. 

Safe-keeping, 12()1. 



INDEX. 393 

I Numheis refer to paragraphs when net otherwise indiiated.] 

Revolvers — Continued. 

Sergeants and first sergeants, foot troops, :««, ,389. 

Veterinarians in the field, 1,572. 

(See Pistol, p. 364: and Small Arms, p. 400.) 
Ribbons: 

In lieu of medals and badges — 

.\llowanco for issue to enlisted men, oot'i. 
Kinds, how worn, occasions, etc., 556. 

.Vot to be worn by suspended officers nor by certain prisoners, 557. 
Sale to officers. 556. 
Richoi-hets: 

Danger zones of. seaeoast firing, 826. 
Ridins: 

Encouragement in. etc., 904. 

Tests- 
Annual. (.See Physical Examinations and Tests of Officers, p. 363.) 
faptains of the line, for promotion. 1027. 
Inspection, 81. 
lUfle Competitors: 

Mess of, allotments from company funds, 763. 

Prizes for. from company funds. 756. 
Rifle. Rod Outfits: 

Recording, issue for instruction. 4(16. 
Rifles: 

Care, oiling, cleaning bore, etc., 424-426. 

Destruction on inventory and inspection report, prohibited. .337. 

For guarding prisoners, 403. 

Gallery practice, allowance, 402. 

How carried attached to the saddle, 386. 

Machine-gun platoons need not carry, on drill. .■i92. 

Magazine, with Maxim silencer, for instruction of recruits. 402. 

Method of testing to determine if unserviceable. .3.38. 

Rebrowning. etc., 340. 

Safe-keeping. 1201. 

Swimming and wall-scaling exercises, use of. 4<)5. 

(See Small Arms, p. 400.) 
River and Harbor Property: 

Army regulations applicable to, 320. 

Inspection for condemnation by Engineer officers, 319. 

Inventory an<I inspection reports, preparation, 318. 

Sale of. 321. 

Surveying officer on, 1489. 

Transportation for inspectors. 323. 
Rivers and ILirbors: 

Board of Engineers for, 607. 
Roads: 

Care of. at national cemeteries. 973. 

Repair at Coast Artillery posts. 723(d>. 
RoUs: 

Manuscript blanks proliibited, when, 5s2. 
Rosters: 

Guard, soo. 

Printing, at expense of Coast Artillerj' band fund, 744. 

Regulations, 1359. 



394 INDEX. 

INumbi-Ts refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated] 

Robber Floor Cloth: 

Fortifications, supplied l)y Engineer Department, 723(o^ 
Kuhbor Stamps: 

ChcM'ks, preparation by, prohibited. 151. 
Purchase from company fund, 749. 
Saber Attachment: 

Inspection for condemnation, 3.30. 
Saber Knot: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Sabers: 

Barrack regulations, 453. 

Destruction on inventory and inspection report, proliibited. 337. 
Drawing and returning, at rc^^ews, GSti. 
How carried attached to the saddle, 380. 

Noncommissioned staff, dismounted, in the field, to wear pistol instead of, 387 
Officers- 
Dismounted, to wear pistol instead of, in field, 373. 
Mounted, how carried, 372. 
Post contests with, 905. 
(See Small Arms, p. 400.) 
Saber Strap: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Sacks. Empty: 

Flour, .sale by companies, messes, etc., 737. 
Grain — 

Sale for benefit of troop fund, 1200. 
Title to, forage sold an officer, 1200. 
Subsistence stores Issued or sold, title to, 1200. 
Saddle: 

How packed, articles carried, etc., 417. 
Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
['licking at signal "To horse," 418. 
SaddlebaKs: 

Ammunition to be carried in, wlien combat is imminent, 353. 
Saddle Blankets: 
("are of, 419. 

InsiX!ction for condemnation. 330. 
Saddlecloths: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330 
Officers' dark-blue, disposition. 3S0. 
Saddlers: 

Disrating prior to discharge, 1007. 

Inspection, eniciency of graduates of training school, 79. 
Instruction of noncommis-sioncd olficers as, 878. 
Training school for, 877(o). 
Safes: 

Unused, to lie opened by inspectors, 139. 
Safety .\ttachment: 

Uapid-fiie guns, adjustment, 8-30. 
Sailors: 

Certificates of discharge for service under assumed names, (>84. 
Sales: 

Ammunition to soldiers for hunting, 301. 
.Vrmy transports, consent of Congress, 539. 



INDEX. 395 

I XiiDibi rs refer to p.aragriuihs whea not otherwise indicated. ] 

Sales— Continued . 

Auction, bidding by military personnel, 12o:{, 1204. 

Barrels. (See Barrels, p. 260.) 

Beef, fresli, liy organizations, 1309. 

Blankets, on inventory and inspection reports, 295. 

Boxes. (See Boxes, p. 265.) 

Clothing, uniform — 

By discharged soldiers, 114.5. 

On inventory and inspection reports, 29-5. 
Condemned property— 

Authorify— 

Army Regulations, 1201. 
Law. 243-246, 248-253. 

Medical journals, 311. 

Medicines, 312. 

Subsistence stores, 2.52. 309. 

Suspension, case of low bids, 1201. 

To officers, enlisted men or civilian employees, 1203, 1204. 

To responsible or interested officers, prohibited, 1203. 
Disbursing officers, interest in, 208. 
Electric light, surplus, 172. 

Equipments, personal and horse, on inventory and inspection reports, 33 i, note. 
Fuel for benefit of company fund, 77(). 
Horses, troop or battery, 1174. 
Ice, surplus, 808, 869. 
Manure at posts, 949. 
Medicines, condemned, 252, 312. 
Oil, mineral, for benefit of company fund, 770. 

Officers' private mounts purchased from Quartermaster's Departui nt, !136. 
Ordnance property — 

Obsolete, without prior condemnation, 1273. 

To officers of Navy and Marine Corps. 958. 

To Red Cross, 348. 
Personal and horse equipments, 330, note. 
. Power, surplus electric, 172. , . 
Private property unclaimed for over three years. 1 1 
Rations, prohibited, 1309. 
River and harI>or property, 321. 
Sacks. (See .'Jacks, p. 394.) 
Signal equipments to officers, 375. 
Stores 

Inexpedienl to transport, 249-251. 

Subsistence- 
Condemned food, 252, 309. 
Post commander regulates. 1067. 
Purchased or drawn, prohibited. 1309. 
To post exchanges, 1095. 

Unserviceable, without inspection and condemnation, 245, 246. 
\> astc products. (See Waste Products, p. 419.) 
Salt: 

Allowance of rock for animals, 148.3. 
Officers' private mounts, 1134. 



396 INDEX. 

I Xiimlxrs rofpi- to psu-nuvrtphs when not othorwiso iiKlii'iiled.] 

^;:ll^lt('^: 

Enlisted men, to veterinarians, 1573. 

O dicers and men (o the flaj;, S(12, 8(14, 8(V>. 
Sand (ilasses: 

Inspeciion for condenmalion, '.i'M't. 
Sanitary Units: 

Tentage, allowance for, 1518. 

Transport a1 ion, allowance for, 1525. 
Sanitation: 

ramps- 
Latrines, urinals, and odorless excavators for, 1580. 
Sanitary rnles for selection of sites for, and establishment of, 1580. 
Water, analysis, 1579. 

Hygiene, ti8o, GSti, 894. 

Prevention of contagious disea.ses Ijy — 

Administration of typhoid propliyhiciif, 'iSt'p. 
Personal hygiene, H85, (Wfi. 

Temperance and morality, especially in Tropics, (187. 
Sauerkraut: 

Shipment on traiisporl--. .Mil. 
Sa\inys: 

Fat, slush, etc., subsistence property on transports, dispasitlon, 1241. 

l.ard, 7.". 

(See Rat ions, p. .SHI.) 
Scabbards: 

Bayonet and rifle, inspection for condemnation, ;W0. 
Srale .\r?ns: 

Fortifications, supplied by Ordnance Department, 72.3(c). 
Scales: 

Commissary, allowance for camps, 4tW. 
School of Fire for Field Artillery: 

Regidati(ras governing, 877(fc). 
Sdiotd of Musketry: 

Regulations go\erning, 877(h)- 
Srho(ds. (See Garrison Schools for Ollicers, p. 309; Post Schools, p. 309; Service 

Schools, p. 398.) 
Schools for Bakers and Cooks: 

Regulations governing, 877(/),(/),(wi). 
School-teacher: 

F-xlia duly pay, SS4. 
Score Hooks: 

Buirs-eye, 7.'i2. 
Score Cards: 

Purchase from company funds, 749. 
Sroutinu: 

I nspect ion of post . 79. 

lnstnieti(m in, 79. 
Scouts. (See Indian Scouts, p. 318; Mounted Scouts, ,351 : and Philippine Scouts, 

p. ,303.) 
Scrap: 

How treated at arsenals, 1271. 
Scrap Metals: 

.\c<'umMlations al depots, etc., how disposed of, 1198, 1199. 



INDEX. 397 

I Nnmht')'.-: r(>f<n- to parasjrapiis when not otherwise indicated.] 

Sen-ens: 

Windows, etc., lire-oontrol stiiUons, 702. 
Searchliishts: 

l'"'ortifi(;alion.'i — 

Furnished by Engineer iJepartment, ~Zi(a). 
Records of history and operations, 1:<90. 
Shelters, concealment at, 720. 

Structures, shutters or screens for windows, etc., 702. 
Seeretary of tiie Treasury: 

Authority to keep public moneys in ])ersoual possession, 228. 
.Secretary of War: 

Clerks and messengers for inspectors general, to be assigned by, 28. 

Disbursing othcers, authority to keep public moneys in personal possession. 

223-22S. 
Horses, ma.ximum price for purchase in open market, to be fixed by, lliis. 
Inspections — 

Assignment of. not under division commanders, 1S5. 
Certain, to be directed by, 41. 
Militia, ollicers to make, to be detailed by, 5;j. 
Monej' accounts of disbursing ofTicers — 
Frequency of, to be regulated by, I'M. 
Frequent, to be ordered by, 131. 
-National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, annual, to be ordered by, .51. 
Orders for, involving mileage, 39. 
Inventory and inspection reports, orders of, required for approval, when, 277, 279. 
Investigations involving mileage, orders lor, 39. 
Papers- 
Presenting, for signature of, instructions, 1351. 
Submitting, for action of, instructions, 1352. 
Heports of inspections — 

Extracts of specially favorable or unfavorable mention of officers to be for- 
warded to, 122. 
Money ac-counts to be forwarded to Congress with annual report of, 131. 
Stoppage of oincers' pay by, 230. 

Ln.serviceable property, regulations for inspection or survey, 244. 
Seeds: 

Garden, jjurchase from company fund, 750. 
Senteaces: 

imposing tours of guard duty, 810. 
Sentinels: 

Docks, seacoasl posts, duties, 812. 
Se^^:eants: 

Additional, to provide for militia details, 485. 
Sergeants Major: 

Board, appoinlineut in Coast Artillery Cori)s, 01.5. 
Servants: 

Enlisted men not to be used as, by ollicers, 1443. 
Orderlies, messengers, janitors, grooms, etc., are not, 1142. 
Services: 

Contracts with persons in the military service, for, 210. 
Kugagement of, in Quartermaster's Department, 233. 
Labor liired, use for private purposes, 1197. 



398 INDEX. 

1 Numbers refer to parajrraphs whon not otherwisf iijflhMtpd.] 

Services— Continued. 
I^ersonal — 

In excess of legal allowance, Gf.9. 
Not paid for at time of discharge, 197. 
Post exchange, to Government, 1097. 
\'ohintary, acceptance of, C(i9. 

Vouchers to show mode of engagement of nonpersonal, 195. 
Service Schools: 
Detachments — 

Enlisted strength and composition, 47ti. 
Not armed with the rifle, .390. 
Graduates- 
Enlisted men, efliciency, 79. 
OfTicers, detail or detached service, 1459. 
Inspection— 

By whom and how often made, 41, 08. 
Reports of, addressing and forwarding, 08, 118, 119. 
Reports of remedial action on defects, etc., 124. 128. 
List of, 877. 
Militia attendance — 
Enlisted men, 888. 
OfTicers, 887. 
Noncommissioned ollicers may be sent to. 878. 
Regulations governing, 877. 
Textbooks, 889, 891, 893. 

Value of, to be observed at post inspections, 79. 
Set Forward Rulers: 

Fortifications, supplied by Ordnance Department, 72.3(c). 
Sewerage: 

Changes or extensions of systems, 1578. 
Sewers: 

Fortifications, 723(a), (d). 
SewlnK Machines: 

Mending military convicts' clothes, 1125. 
Sheepskins: 

Storage and care, 1195. 
Shirts: 

Flannel, inspection for condenmation, Philippines Division, 297. 
Shoeint;: 

Officers' private mounts, 1133. 
Shoe- Repair Shop: 

Post exchange, 1090. 
Shoes: 

Fit of, to be supervised by company commander. 1444. 
Neat'.s-foot oil. for dressing, 1448. 
Odd articles, how disposed of. 29s. 
Old iiattcm, is.sue, 1440. 

Size sticks and shoe stretchers for companies and detachments, 1445. 
Wearing of uniform, at dress inspection, 1447. 
Shoe Stretchers; 

Issue to companies and detachments. 1445. 
Shortage: (See Public Property, p. 374.) 



INDEX. 399 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs wLcn not otherwise indicated.] 
■Shotguns: 

Destruction on inventory and inspection reports, protiibited, 337. 
For guarding prisoners, 403. 
For liiuiting purposes, 404. 
(See Small Arms, p. 400.) 
Shrubs: 

Care of, at national cemeteries, 973. 
Shutters: 

Windows, etc., fire-control stations, 702. 
Sights: 

Telescopic musket, issue, etc., 401. 
Sl^al Corps: 

Ceremonies, position, 037. 

Depots, control, etc., 1449. 

Detail of line officers to, 493. 

Drill, extended order not required of companies of, 924. 

Enlisted men — 

Control, inspection of offices, etc., by post commander, 1008. 
Post schools, attendance, 88.5. 
Property accountability of, 1009, 1189. 
Enlisted strength, 483, 484. 
Equipments, marking, 428. 
Field companies — 

Enlisted strength and composition, 484. 
Equipment, 4(19. 

Transportation, allowance for, 1520. 
Fortifications — 

Fire-control installation — 

Procedure in turning over, 698. 
StructurcF, repair, 700. 

Suspension of drill, turning over keys, etc., during work. 699. 
Tjrpe equipment, 1909, furnished by, 692. 
Inspection and test of equipment, 64, 6o. 
Installations, supplies, etc., furnished by, 723(6). 
General noncommissioned staff includes noncommissioned officers of, 986. 
Guard duty by detachments of, 811. 
Officers- 
Attendance at garrison schools, 881. 
Riding tests at inspections, 81. 
Organization, 474. 

Property. (See Signal Property, p. 400.) 
Records, 1387, 1395. 
Telephones. (See Telephones, p. — .) 
Sis^naling: 

Coast Artillery, 926. 
Instruction in, 894, 925-927. 

Proficiency, standard for heliograph and flag. 927. 
Reports of inspections, 113. 
skn.il Outfits: 
Visual — 

Issue to organizations, 471 . 

Marking, 473. 

When and by whom carried, 472 



400 INDEX. 

1 Numbers refer to para^jraplis wlieii nut otherwise itidicuted. I 

Signal Property: 

Expendable, 1274. 

Inspection for eondemnalion, 342-34.'). 

Lead pipe, eiit off caMe ends, disposition, 1275. 

Sale of equipments to offiecrs, 375. 
Sli^na] School; 

(See Army Signal School, p. 254.; 
SSlernadires: 

Acting inspector general, title when used, 1323. 

Detailed stall otficer, title, 1322. 

Disbursing ofFicers' official, to be fnraisiied depositaries, 22S. 

Facsimiles prohibited, 1.321. 

'• In charge of office," 1.323. 

Inventory and inspection re|X)rt of property held on memorandum receipt, 2t>l. 

Hen to be used, 1321. 

Rank, regiment, etc., attached, 1321-1323. 

Vouchers, money, 191. 
Sli^ns: 

Recruiting stations, 14(i.'i. 
Silverware: 

Inspection for condemnation, 303. 
Size Stick: 

Issue to companies and detachments, 1445. 
Sketches: 

Domestic or foreign territory, containing military information, 952. 
Sketching: 

Instruction in, 79, 895. 
Slicker: 

Proscribed for mounted troops instead of poncho, .3H4. 
Slldina; Fros-s: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
"Slush"' Funds: 

Disposition of, 170. 

Unauthorized, for benefit of post or command, 170. 
Small Anns: 

Barrack regulations, 453. 

Care of— 

Beautifying or changing finish, 424. 

Bore of rifle, 425. 

Cleaning and preserving, 424, 425. 

Oiling, 424, 420. 

Taking apart, etc., 421, 422. 

Tompions not to be us(;d, 423. 

Definition of term "small arms," 337. 

Destruction on inventory and inspection reports, prohibited, 337. 

Inspection for condemnation, 337-340. 

Loss of, responsibility for not having arm cheats, 12iil. 

Rebrowning, etc., 340. 

Repair facilities for, 454. 

Rifle, method of testing to determine if unser\iceable, 3;J8. 

Safe-keeping, 1201 . 

Shipments of, to arsenals, 3.35, 337. 

(See Arms and equipments, p. 250.) 



INDEX. 401 

I Xiimhiis lefpi- to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 
Soaj): 

Increase or decrease of allowance by division commanders, 1483. 
Purchase from bakery funds, 798. 
Soldiers: 

Certificates of discharge for service under assumed names, 684. 
Soldiers" Deposits: 

Checks for deposit of, 148. 
Soldier's Handbook. (See Books, p. 265.) 
Soldiers" Homes: 

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers- 
Admissions, 1454. 

Inspection, annual, by Inspector General's Department, 51. 
Issue of obsolete or condemned ordnance property to, 1272. 
Personal property of deceased members who leave no heirs, etc., disposition, 

1455. 
Retired oflBcer, status as to holdinfi; office and receiving salary, 1441. 
Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia — 
Admissions^ 
Law, 1450. 
Regulations, 1451. 
Board of Commissioners, 1453. 

Deductions from pay of enlisted men for benefit of, discontinued, 1452. 
Inspection, annual, by Inspector General of the Army, scope, report, etc., .50- 
Retired officers, assigned to duty at, pay and emoluments, 1440. 
Treasurer, salary, 1440. 
Spare Parts: 

Seacoast or mobile artillery, inspection for condemnation, .S26. 
Special Duty Men. (See Extra and Special Duty Men, p. 299.) 
Special Inspectors: 

Condemnation of property- 
Appointments on — 

Fortification and river and harbor property, 319. 
Ordnance stores, restriction, 255. 
Authorized, when and by whom, 254, 2.55, 319. 
Necessity for, to be minimized, 256. 
Spoons: 

How carried , 396. 

Personal equipment, inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Spotters: 

Perfection target , issue of, 407. 
Spring Wajtons. (See Transportation, p. 413.) 
Spurs: 

Change in desifm, 1.549. 
Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Spur Strap: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Squad Leader: 

Responsible for condition of surplus kit bag in field, 397. 
Squadron: 

Color sergeant, detail, etc., 1000. 
Not an administrative unit, 577. 
Provisional, designation, 578. 
Records, 1369. 

12969°— 12 26 



402 INDEX. 

I Niimbprs i-pfer to parasraplis wlicii not otIicrwi.<f' indii'ntod.l 

Squadron— Continued. 
.Squadron commander — 

Absence of regiilar commander, 574, ."iTO. 
Channel of correspondence, 99, 577. 
Communications, forwarding, duties of, 1345. 
Inspection of troop fund accounts, 778. 
Instniction — 

Latitude to be given, 899. 
I'ractical, f>ill control by, 896. 
Lieutenant colonel may be assigned as, 675. 
OfTicers incapacitated, report to inspector bj-, 83. 
I'ost commander's duties delegated to, when, 59. 
Requisitions, ordnance equipment, 1071. 
Staff, 14.50. 

Temporary disability of, 570. 
Troop commander or staff oiricer as, 576. 
Standard, position at drill, 579. 
Squadron Commander. (See Squadron, above.) 
Squads: 

Inspections bj- chiefs of, .54. 
Stables: 

Fires not allowed in, 1153. 
Officers' private mounts, 1133. 

Police facilities, etc., for mounted organizations, 15.34. 
Stall, name of horse and rider or driver, 1171. 
Staff: 

Artillery district commander, 1456. 
Battalion or squadron commander, 1450. 
Brigade commander and higher units, 14.50. 
Brigades and divisions organized for instruction, 490. 
Department commander, 1450. 
Division commander, 1456. 
General ofTicer when post commander, 1450. 
I'ost commander, 1450, 14.57. 
Regimental commander, 1450. 

Retired officers eligible for details to stafl duties, 1437. 
Temporary brigades and divisions for instruction, etc., 1456. 
(See Stafl Departments, below.) 
Staff Corps: 

Riding test for officers at inspection, 81. 

(See Corps of Engineers, p. 284: General Stafl Corps, p. 309; Medical Corps, p. Mm 
Medical Reserve Corps, p. 348; and Signal Corps, p. 399.) 
Staff Departments: 

Enlisted men, extra duty detail and pay, 994. 
Enlisted strength, 483. 
Fire-control equipment- 
Departments which supply- 
Provisional, 093. 
Standard, 092, 723. 
Historical record, 1376. 
OfTicers— 

Communications by, to subordinates of their bureau chiefs, 1344. 
Correspondence, direct, 1341. 



INDEX. 403 

[Numbi'i-s I'pfei- to pnraRraplis when not otherwise indicated.] 

Staff Departments-— Continued. 
Otficers— Continued . 

Detailed, address, signature, etc., 1322. 
Details— 

As officer of the day on transports, 504. 
Of graduates of service schools and staff college, to, 1459. 
Of line, to, 49.3. 

Retired, eligible for detail to .staff duties, 14.37. 
Reportsof inspections, extracts of favorable or unfavorable mention, 121-123. 
Ser\ing at posts— 
. Position at review and inspection, 1457. 

Status, 1457. 
Tour of service in the Philippines, 1458. 
Organization, 474. 
Staff Officers: 

Artillery district, mounts, 1130. 
Detailed, address, signature, etc., 1322. 
Detail as officer of the day on transports, 504. 
Drawing and returning saber at review, (i36. 

Physical tests. (See Physical Examinations and Tests of Officers, p. 363.) 
Regimental, as battalion commanders, 57G. 
Riding tests at inspection, 81. 
(See Staff, and Staff Departments p. 402.) 
StaUlon: 

Suitable mount, 1132. 
Stamp: 

"Official copy'" by impressed, 1324. 
(See Rubber Stamps, p. 394.) 
standards: 

Inspection for condemnation, 300. 
Silken, action of surveying officer, 300, 1496. 
Squadron, position at drill, 579. 
(See Flag, p. .303.) 
Star-Spanf^led Banner. (See National Air, p. 351.) 
Statement of Irregularities and DeJiciencles noted by Inspector: 
Action by commanding officer on, 124, 128, 129. 
Inspector to furnish commanding officer with, 124. 
Original to be Icept on file, 124. 
Preparation- 
Ammunition, storage in company storeroom not a defect, 363. 
Form, 111, pp. 241-244. 
Law, regulations and orders, criticisms, 112. 
Old pattern articles, serviceable, criticisms, 100. 

Orders or regulations upon which defects, etc., are based, to be cited in, 116. 
Recommendations, what to be included in, 112, 127, p. 236. 
Trivial matters to be excluded from, 126. 
Report of inspection to show that, has been furnished, 125. 
Statements: 

Depositary, to- 
Administrative officers, 237. 
Disbursing officers, 218, 219, 235, 23G. 
Inspectors, 237. 



404 INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Statements of Money Ari-ountal)illt.v: 

Closing, 241. 
Inspeetion, 142, 241, 242. 
(See Insiiection of Money Accounts, p. 321.) 
Stationery: 

Fire-control stations, 723(d). 
Military convicts, 1123. 
Stations: 

Claim.s, soliciting at, prohibited, 6os. 
Fortifications, erected by Engineer Department, 723(a). 

(See Battle Commanders' Stations, p. 362; Fire-Control Stations, p. 302; Recruit- 
ing Stations, p. 386.) 
Steam Heating Plants. (See Heating, p. 313.) 
Stencils: 

Marking guns and emplacements, 723(c). 
Stirrup: 

Hooded, inspection for condemnation, .330. 
Stlrrnp striip: 

lnsp<H'tion for condemnation, 330. 
Stock: 

Quartermaster's supplies to be kept at posts and stations, 1218. 
Stoppages: 
Pay- 
Alimony, 230. 
Debts, private, 230. 
Indebtedness to United States, 2i0. 
Of additional, in case of unsatisfactory mount, 81. 
To reimburse company or post-exchange fund, etc., 735. 
Fay rolls for reimbursement of company fund, limit, 773. 
Storehouses: 

Fires, protection against, 1154, 11.5.5. 
Keys of, precautions, 1193. 
Storm: 

Boards on boats or buildings damaged or destroyed by. 625. 
Stowaways: 

Transports, pn'veiition, 514. 
Straw: 

Verification, quarterly, 1220. 
Stubs. (See Check Stubs, p. 272.) 
Snbniarlne Mining: 
Boats - 

Distribution bo.x— 

Assignment to mine companies or detachments. 1465. 
Care and use, 1465. 
Crew, composition and duties, 1465. 
Wooden, use for ordinary work, 1466. 
(See Mine Planters, p. 350.) 
Cable- 
Classification, 1470. 

Test for insulation and copper resistance, 1471. 
Cable book, V.iSH. 



INDEX. 405 

[Numbers rcfi r <o pnra.araphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Snbmarino Mining— Continued. 
Cable tanks to he kept filled, 1472. 
Instruction in service of mines, 915. 
Mine companie.s— 

Care and operation of mine equipment, 1461. 

Designation changed from "torpedo companies,'' to, 1460. 
Mine property - 

Accoimtability, 1462. 

Care and preservation, 1474. 

Expendable stores and equipment, 1463, 1464. 

Inspection for condemnation, 288, 289. 

Mine cases, repair, 289. 

Use for other than mine purposes, 146S. 
Mine^, allowance for practice, 1467. 
Mines and apparatus, test, 1473. 
Mining casemate — 

Inspection after turning over, 697. 

Installation, 1469. 

Records of history and operations, 1390. 
SobpostH: 

Armament, care, 855, 1364. 
Coast Artillery- 
Property, care of, 717, 1364. 

Records, 1364. 
Subsistence: 

Applicants for enlistment procuring, by fraudulent applications, 1403. 
Recruiting parties living out of quarters, 1414. 
Subsistence Department: 

Articles to be kept for sale by, 27. 
Detail of line officers to, 493. 
Organization, 474. 
Subsistence Supplies: 

Allowances, increase or decrease by division commanders of certain, 1483. 

Army transports, illegitimate traffic in, 47. 

Care of, responsibility of commissary, 988. 

Funds received in payment for, fiscal year, 176. 

Proceeds of sales, 175, 176. 

Property — 

Allowance for camps, 463. 

Barrels, empty- 
Flour, sale by bakeries, companies, etc., 737. 
On transports, disposition, 1241. 
Title to, containing stores issued or sold, 1200. 

Brooms, com, how dropped, 12.39. 

Expendable articles, 1238. 

Inspection for condemnation. 307, 308. 

Inventory and inspection reports, preparation and submission, 259, 307. 

Sacks- 
Flour, empty, sale by companies, etc., 737. 
Title to, which contained stores issued or sold, 1200. 

Savings of fat, slush, etc., on transports, disposition, 1241. 

Troops leaving for the Philippines, to turn in, 1240. 



406 INDEX. 

I .Niimhoi-s I'efor to parasraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Sabslstence Supplies— Continued. 
Stores- 
Abstract of issues, checking entries, 1480. 
Abslract of sales— 

Checkmg entries, 14S0. 
Making daily, 1481. 
Bartering or selling of articles purchased or drawn, 1.509. 
Beef and bi'ef cattle, inspection of, 70, 71. 
Civilian employees, sale to, 1.302, 1476. 

Companit^s, hospitals, etc., purchase on monthly payment, 1478. 
Condemnation and sale, 2.52, 309. 
Deteriorating, action to prevent loss, .309, 1482. 
Enlisted man- 
Messing separately, order for, 1300. 
Sale on monthly payment to, 1476. 
Inspection for condemnation, 2.52, 2.59, 30 

Inventory and inspection reports, preparation and submission, 2.59, 307 
Inventory, monthly, 1062, 1237. 
Post exchange- 
Purchase on monthly payment, 1478. 
Sale at cost price, 1095. 
Purchase of, standard required, 69. 
Sale of condemned, 252, 309. 

Sales and delivery, regulated by post commander, 1067. 
Sales stores- 
Designated by inspectors general, 27. 
List, 27, 1475. 
Prices— 

"Cost price" defined, 1479. 
Fractions of a cent, how treated, 1479. 
Reduction by survey, 1499. 

To be charged for, furnished to other bureaus, etc., 1477. 
Siuvey, 1485, 1487, 1499. 

Transports, protection of, during fumigation, 524. 
Tailor's articles for mending clothes of military convicts, 112.5. 
Toilet articles — 

Military convicts, 1124. 
Recruiting stations, 1417. 
Transferred, for which money is received, 179. 
(See Rations, p. 381.) 
Subtarnet (Jun Machines: 
Issue for instmction, 40(i. 
Troops changing station not to take. 1263. 
Sunday: 

Inspections on, 38. 
I-egal holiday falling on, 859, 800. 

Monthly payments when last day of month falls on, 200. 
.Siipplies: 

Business methods of officers of Quartermaster's Department, 31. 

Complaints as to quality, 92. 

Distril)ution of, to best interest of Government, llO(g^. 

Division commander's duties relative to. 67. 

Engineer. (See Engineer Property, p. 296.) 

Food and drugs, standard retjuired in purchase, 69. 



INDEX. 407 

I Xnmbers iv'fer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Supplies — Continued. 

Food, purchased from hospital fund, sale to Hospital Corps, 784. 
Fortifications- 
Furnished by — 

Engineer Department, 723(«). 
Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Quartermaster's Department, 723(d). 
Signal Corps, 723(6). 
Provisional fire control, departments which furnish, 693. 
Inspection of, at time of delivery, 69, 662. 
Inspectors general, duties relative to, 8, 31. . 

Medical. (See Medical Property, p. 347.) 
Old pattern, serviceable, criticisms, 100. 
Ordnance. (See Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, p. 357.) 
Purchase— 

Disliursing ofBcers' interest in, 20S. 
From persons in the military service, 210, 666, 667. 
Standard for food and drugs, 69. 
To best intersts of Government, IIO(^). 
(See Contracts, p. 282, and Pm'chases, p. 378.) 
Quartermaster's. (See Quartermaster's Supplies, p. 379.) 
Raw material used by contractors, inspection, 74. 
Sales. (See Sales, p. 394.) 
Signal. (See Signal Property, p. 400.) 
Submaruie mine. (See Submarine Mining, p. 404.) 
Subsistence. (See Subsistence Supplies, p. 405.) 
Surplus, inspection for condemnation, 251. 

Transfers from one post to another, channels of correspondence, 1346. 
Supply Department-*: 

Failure to meet conditions, 92. 
Supply Tables: 
Dental, 676. 
Medical. 310. 
Veterinary, 157tj. 
SiircIii!;U>: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Surgeon: 

Ambulance, care and control, 1535. 
First-aid instruction to company officers, 920, 921. 
OfHcers incapacitated, report to inspector, 83. 
Surveying officer, appointment by, 1484. 
Visits to hospital, guardhouse, etc., 59. 
(See Chief Surgeon, p. 273.) 
Sursileal and S''lentiftc Instruments: 
Examination by medical officer, 1243. 
Inspection for condemnation, 310. 
List, 310. 
Surplus Kit Ba^rs: 
Allowance, 397. 
Articles to lie carried in, 397. 
Marking, 397. 
Packmg, 397. 

Squad leader rcsponsil)le for condition in the field, 397. 
Storage in garri.son, 397. 



408 INDEX. 

I Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Surplus Supplies: 

Inspection for condemnation. 24S. 2o]. 
Surveylne Instruments: 

Depots designated for turning in, 322. 
Inspection for condemnation, 322. 
SurvejinK OtHeer: 
Action on — 

Band instniments, 291, 1494. 

China and glassware of outgoing organizations, 1495, l.V)o. 1506. 
Company rations lost or destroyed, 709. 
Horse equipments issued to mounted officers, 1497. 
Loss of sul>sistence fvnids, 1500. 

Odd articles, such as shoes, gloves, etc., not required, 298. 
Private property- 
Damaged from military operations, I'M. 
Loss or damage, shipped on Government bill of lading, 1502. 
Public animals dropped, 1179. 

Public property lost, damaged, or destroyed, etc., 1)0.3. 
Silken colors, standards, and guidons, 300, 14%. 
Unserviceable propertj-— 

Before in.spection, 257, 202. 
Elimination by destruction, 257. 
Appointment of — 

By post surgeon, 1484. 

On fortification property. Engineer Department, 14S9. 
On river and harlior property, 14S9. 
Destruction of property on report of, power of commanding odieer, 1487. 
Property which may lie destroyed on his recommendation- 
Classes, 1485. 
Ordnance stores — 

Limited, 1485, 1480. 

Two surveys in an organization at the same time, 1486. 
Salable value, commanding ofTiccr's decision final, 1485, 1487. 
Purchase bv, of properly on which he has acted, 1203. 
Report- 
Approval, 14!»2. 

Certificate of destruction of property, 1485. 
China and glassware, 1505, 1506. 

Copy of, to accompany inventory and inspection report, 257, 263. 
Preparation, etc.— 

Engineer property, 1488. 
In general, 1491. 
Ordnance property, 1488. 
Reduction in number of reports liy turning in unserviceable quartermastj^r 

property, 1408. 
Third copy, filing at recniit depot and recruiting station, 1493. 
Subsistence sales stores, reduction of price by recommendation of, 14!''.i. 
Suspenders: 

When worn must not be visible, 1561. 
Swiminlna:: 

Instruction- 
Horses, 895, 929. 
Troops, 894, 928. 



INBEX. 409 

[Numbers refer to paragrapbs when not otherwise indicated.] 

SiTltehboards: 

Fortifications— 

Installed by Engineer Department, 723(o). 
Storage battery, supplied by Signal Corps, 723(&). 
Supplied by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Swords: 

Destruction on inventory and inspection report, prohibited, 337. 
Swordsinansliip: 

Garrison training, 894. 
Syrinees: 

Battery, inspection for condemnation, 279(d), 315, 342. 
Tables: 

Card and writing, purchase from company funds, 753. 
Tableware: 

China and glass ware- 
Breakage, 1504, 1505. 
Cracked or chipped, 1500. 
Estimates, 1504. 

Inspection after each meal and dishwashing, 1504. 
Outgoing organizations, 1504-1500. 
Removal from barracks or post , 1505. 
Serviceable or not, how determined, 1506. 
Enamel, purchase from company fund, 751. 
Inspection for condemnation — 
Agate ware, 302. 
China and glass ware — 

Posts, unauthorized, 302, 1504. 
Transports, mine planters, etc., authorized, 302. 
Silverware, 303. 
Plates for use of troops on transports, 510. 
Post commander's supervision and care, 1056. 
Stock to be kept at posts and stations, 1218. 
Tailor Shop: 

Post exchange, 1090. 
Talis: 

Alteration in public animals', 1176, 1177. 
Target Practice: 

Arms and equipments for enlisted men at small arms, 391. 
Coast Artillery- 
Emplacement doors and windows to be kept open during, 719. 
Preparation and conduct, 909. 
Small arms for, 916. 
Cooks may be excused. 88. 
Course in revolver, for veterinarians, 1572. 
Equipment, officers', for small arms, 378. 
Field training, 895. 
Range firing, garrison training, 894. 
Records of artillery firing, 1374. 
Supplementary practice, season, small arms, 918. 
Target year, 917. 
Target Ranges: 

Telephone equipment, 1511, 1514. 
Use by militia, 1270. 



410 INDEX. 

INumbers refer to paniKi:i|ilis wlicii not otherwiso indicated.] 

Target Record: 

Indelible pencil, use, 132". 
Targets: 

Gallery practice, troops changing station not to take, 1263. 
Target Spotters: 

Perfection, issue of, 407. 
Tax: 

Post exchange, on dogs, 108G. 
Telautosraphs: 

Fortifications, supplied by Signal Corps, 723(6). 
Telesrams: 

Rates, 1507. 
Telegraphic Code: 

Custody, test, care, etc., 10»«, 1508. 
Telegraphs: 

Alaskan, inspection of money accounts, 132. 
Fortification, supplied by the Signal Corps, 723(5). 
Instruction of cavalry with wireless sections, 902. 
Records, ofTice, 1395. 
Wireless, on transports, control, 510. 
Telephones: 

Contracts for rental, Corps of Engineers, 064. 

Field Artillery instruction in making ordinary field repairs to, 1515. 
Fortifications, supplied by the Signal Corps, 723(6). 
Inspection, 1513. 

Instructions to inspectors general relative to, 90. 
Post systems- 
Coast Artillery post, systems, test, etc., 1510, 1513. 
Number and location, 1509. 
Operation, maintenance, and care, 1514. 
Tests, 1513. 
Signal, inspection for condemnation, 343. 
Target-range (small arms) e(iuipment, 1511, 1513. 
Telephonic communication between posts and near-by towns, 1512. 
Telescope Cases: 

Enlisted men's possession, 1220. 
T''lescopes: 

Fortifications, supplied by- 
Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Signal Corps, 723(6). 
Marking, 473. 

Signal, inspection for condemnation, 343. 
Telescopic Musket Sights: 
Issue to companies, 401. 
Telescopic Slght.s: 

Storage and care, 1248. 
Tentaue: 

Allowance- 
Campaign and camps, 151ii. 
Civilian employees in the field, 1519. 
Full, should be kept on hand at posts, 1520. 
Marches involving ubsetue over night, 1517. 
Organizatio!is to keep their, on hand, 1521. 
Sanitary units, 1518. 



INDEX. 411 

[Numbers refer to p:iragraphs wheu not otherwise indicated.] 

Tentage— Continued. 
Care after use, 1J21. 
Old and new patterns, issue, 1J65. 
Heserve supply, 456. 
Unauthorized use, 1522. 
Tent Pins: 

Means for use in driving, 1523. 
Tent Pitrhlns: 

Garrison training, 894. 
Terminal Boxes: 

Fortifications supplied by — 

Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Signal Corps, 723(6). 
Tests: 

By inspectors general — 
Bayonet e.xereise, 80. 
Checli on clothing accounts, 94. 
Coast Artillery, in service of defense materiel, 105. 
Efficiency of the mobile troops, 79. 
Officers' private mounts, SI, 1132. 
Riding, 81. 
Fire-control installations, fortifications, 701. 
Rifle, to determine if unserviceable, 3.38. 
Signal Corps equipment at fortifications, 65, 1.513. 
Submarine mine cable, 1471. 
Submarine mines and apparatus, 1473. 
Telephones, 1513. 

(See Physical Examination and Tests of Officers, p. 363.) 
Textbooks: 

Athlelic and gymnastic exercises, 933. 
Conflicts between War Department publications and, 893. 
Firing and drill regulations for machine-gun organizations, 936. 
Foreign languages, 891. 

Garrison schools for officers of Coast Art illery Corps, 890. 
Officers' promotion boards, 892, 893. 
Schools and colleges of the Anny, 889-891, 893. 
Veterinary, 1576. 
Tlu'iiters: 

Discriminating against persons wearmg tlic luiiform, jjenalty, 1280. 
Theft: 

Cotinterweights, disappearing carriages, 854. 
Ttiermoineters: 

Fortification magazines, furnished by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Tickets: 

Meal, disposition of, unused, by recruiting parties, etc., 668. 
Time: 

Computation of, in payment of services, 194. 
Time-Interval Bells: 

Fortifications, supplied by Signal Corps, 723('>). 
Time-Interval Hecords: 

Fortifications, supplied by Ordinance Department, 7'23(c). 
Time Ranire Boards: 

Care when not in actual use, 728. 

Fortifications, .supplied by Ordnance Department, 723(c). 



412 INDEX. 

[Niimbprs refer to paraiiraphs when not oOuM-wisp indicated.] 

Tin Cups: 

How carried, 396. 
lnsx)ection for condemnation, 330. 
Toilet Artlcli's: 

Military convicts, 1124. 
Recruiting stations, 1417. 
Toilet r:ii>er: 

Increase or decrease of allowance by division commander, 1483. 
Tomplons: 

Use of, in small arms, prohibited, 423. 
Tool Bay: 

Fortification equipment supplied by Signal Corps, ~2A(b). 
Tool Chest: 

Coast Artillery post, supplied by Signal Corps, 723(6). 
Tools: 

Care of, at national cemeteries, 976. 

Company carpenter outfit, issued to engineer companies, 901. 

Fortifications — 

Carpenters, supplied by Quartennaster's Department, 723(d). 
Engineer power plants, supplied by- 
Ordnance Department, 723(c). 
Quartennaster's Department, 723(d). 
(Irass cutting, supplied by Quartermaster's Department, 72:5(d). 
Inspection for condemnation, 279(d), 315, 342. 
Tourists Cars. (See Kitchen Tourist Cars, p. 341.) 
Tournaments: 

Attendance of troops at, policy of AVar Department, 499. 
Tours: 

Departmental commander's inspection, (ifi. 
riuard duty— 

.\s sentences, 810. 
Frequency of, by privates, 804. 
Inspectors'— 

All unserviceable property to be inspected on, 256. 
.\uxiliary recruiting slalions, 1407. 
Itineraries and personal reports of, 16, 20. 
Verbal report upon returning from, 37. 
Philippine Islands- 
Civilian employees, 642. 
Staff officers, 1458. 
Troops, 498. 
Towels: 

Huck, increase or decrease of allowance by <livision commander, 1483. 
Tradncs: 

Domestic or foreign territory, containing military information, 952. 
Traiiiins: 

Horses received from remount depot,s, 1167. 
Trainlni; School for Saddlers and Battery Merlianlcs: 
Regulations governing, 877(o). 
(See Service Schools, p. 398.) 
Transfer: 

Boards, lieutenants to Coast .\rtillery Corps, ,598. 
Chec'ks, blank, 160, 162. 



INDEX. 413 

t Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Transfer— Continued. 

Civilian employees, regulations, tl-42, ()4;i. 

Condemned clothing from Manila to San Francisco, 297. 

Electric plants, fortifications, 711. 

Enlisted men of organizations- 
Designated for tours in the Philippines, G80. 
Exchanging stations between United States and Alaska, G80. 
Returning from the Philippines, 680. 

Funds- 
Company, and other quasi-public, 731, 792. 
Hospital, 7.31, 792. 
(See Public Moneys, p. 372.) 

Guns and carriages permanently emplaced, 850. 

Installations at fortifications, 710. 

Officers using outside influence to secure, 1012. 

Ordnance material permanently emplaced, 856. 

Public animals — 

Condemned, to Bureau of Science, Philippine islands, 1180. 
From one branch to another, 1173. 

Public property. (See Public Property, p. 374.) 

Quartermaster's supplies- 
Expedition of receipts, 1224. 
Method, 1217. 

Range finders, permanently emplaced, 856. 

Records to successor, 206. 

Supplies, from one post to another, channels of correspondence, 1340. 
Transportation: 

Allowance- 
Coast Artillery Corps companies, 1531. 
Field, 1524. 

Field companies of the Signal Corps, 1520. 
Sanitary units, 1525. 
Spring wagons for posts, 1532. 

Ambulances. (See Ambulances, p. 248.) 

Ammunition wagons, taking on practice marches or to permanent or jnaneuver 
camps, 1527. 

Applicants for enlistment- 
Procuring, by fraudulent application, 1403. 
Return, not to be furnished certain, 1403. 

Army transports- 
Civilians who may be transported, law, 536, 537. 
Families, law and regulations, 53()-5-38. 
Merchandise for Guam, law, 5.37. 
Navy and Marine Corps, law, 536. 
Revenue Cutter Service, law, 537. 

Care of. in the field, 15.30. 

Company or regimental property, explosives, matches, etc., 1228. 

For inspectors, to inspect river and harbor property, 323. 

Horses of officers changing station, 1137. 

Inspection of. at inspection of post, 79. 

Kitchen tourist cars. 1541. 

Mounted organizations, for hauling and police, 1534. 

Pack outfits for machine-gun platoons, 400. 



414 INDEX. 

[Xuniliei-s r(>f( r to pnragraphs when uot othorwigo inflicatcd.l 

Transportation— Continued. 
I'ack train - 

Inspection of, at inspection of post, 79. 
Instructions relative to, 1529. 
OrKanization, 1528. 
PaintinR wagons olive-drab, 1538. 
Post oxclianRe property, 1096. 
Sleeping-rar accomniodations, 1542. 
Spring; wagons- 
Allowance for posts, 1532. 
Ise authorized and unauthorized, 1533. 
Wagon company, 1528. 
Water, for Artillery districts — 

Boats, submarine raining;, use for ordinary work, 1466. 
Control, responsibility, etc., 1539. 
Inspection, care, etc., 15.39. 
Loss, destruction or daniape. action, 1540. 
Precautions against accidents, 1540. 
Transportation Ketpiests 
Quartermaster, 1379. 
Rccruiling officer, 1398(d). 
Sleeping-car accommodations, 1542. 
Transport Tonimlssary: 

Inventory of subsistence stores, 1237. 
Transport Quartermaster. (See Anny Transports, p. 255.) 
Transports. (See Army Transports, p. 255.) 
Treasurer: 

Soldiers' Homes, status of retired officers as, 1440. 1441. 
Trees: 

Care of, at national cemeteries, 973. 
Planting, for concealment of fortifications, 721. 
Trespasslna;: 

Reservations, fortifications, etc., penalty, 1281. 
Trials: 

Military convicts - 

Otfcnse coinniitted when a soldier. 1120. 
Statute of limitations, escaped, 1127. 
Troops: 

.\board transports. (See Army Transports, p. 256.) 
Arms and eciuipments. (See .\nns and Equipment--, p. 250.) 
Attendance at tournaments, fairs, etc., 499. 
Changing stations— 

Not to take certain- 
Ordnance property, 120.3, 
Quartennaster's supplies, 1225. 
Subsistence property (to Philippines), 1240. 
To lake certain- 
Ordnance property, 12ri4. 
Quartennaster's supplies, 1225. 
Closer affiliation between Regulars and militia. 9i'>l. 
Command of regulars, at posts and camps by militia olficors, 9(i0. 
Inspection of, by- 
Artillery district commander, 62, 371. 
Chiefs of squads, 54. 



INDEX. Ui 

I NumbiTS i-cfci- to paragraphs when not olhorwise indicated.] 

Troops — Continued. 
Inspection of, by — 

Company and detachment commanders, 56. 

Department commanders, 60, 899, 1028. 

Division commander, 67. 

Inspector general. (See Inspection of a Ganisoned Post, p. 319.) 

Medical Department, for foreign service, 525. 

Post commander, monthly, 58, 1050. 

Regimental commander, monthly, 57. 

(See Inspections, p. 326.) 
Instruction. (See Instruction, p. 335.) 
PajTuent of, on transports sailing via Suez Canal, 527. 
Rations. (See Rations, p. 381.) 
Report:) of inspections — 

Return of, 111, p. 237. 

(See Reports of Inspections, p. 389.) 
Tour of service in the Philippine Islands, 4ftS. 
Uniform. (See Uniform, below.) 
(See Companies, p. 279.) 
Troops .Vboard Transports. (See Army Transports, p. 255.) 
Trousers: 

Inspection for condemnation- 
Philippines Division, 297. 

White, recruiting parties, 1419. 
(See Uniform, below.) 
Trumpets: 

Inspection for condemnation, 304. 
Tuh's: 

Rations forciviMan employees, 1.307. 
Typewriters: 

Exchange of old for new, 1231 . 
Inspection for condemnation — 

Quartermaster's property, 305. 

Signal property, 344. 
Preparation on, of — 

Checks, prohibited, 151. 

Pay rolls, discharges, final statements, etc., 1326. 
Purchase from— 

Company funds, 748. 

Regimental funds, 743. 
Signal, unserviceable, action to be taken. 344. 
Typhoid Fever: 

Prevention, 685, 686. 
I'n^arrlsoned Post: 

Inspection of, how often and under whose authority made, 44. 
Post noncommissioned statT at, military control, 993. 
Public property, accountability, 1189. 
Reports of inspections, how addressed, 120. 
Uniform: 

Alterations, 1.557. 

Applicants for enlistment, not issued, 1420. 

Badges. (See Badges, p. 258.) 

Cap and collar ornaments change of station, 1225. 



416 INDEX. 

I Numbnrs refer to paruKraph-^ when not otherwise indicated.] 

Uniform — Continued . 
Caps, service— 

Modifications in, 1549. 

Not t« be talcen to the Philippines, 122.'). 

Wearing by recruits, 1430. 
Changes in, to be described in speciflcations, 1549. 
Coats, hoolcs below the buttons, prohibited, 155". 
Combinations not prescribed arc prohibited. 1.547. 
Commanding olliuer's responsibilities- 
Having and wearing as prescribed, 1()72. 

Inspection and verification, 1070. 
Company commander's responsibility for— 

Appearance of enlisted men, l.'rfj:}. 

Fitting of, 1557. 
Crews on transports, 1571. 
Different occasions, by whom prescribed, 1544. 
Discrimination by theaters, etc., against persons wearing the. 12<W. 
Enlisted men — 

Alterations, 1.557. 

Appearance of, responsibility, of oilUers, 1.563. 

Clothing. (See Clothing, p. 275.) 

Color sergeants, battalion, 10(K). 

Fatigue, wearing by noncommissioned olFicers, 1560. 

Fitting to men, 1557. 

Hats, service, issue to recruits, 1430. 

Hospital Corps, white for duty in wards, etc., l.')62. 

Inspection before leaving on, and after returning from, pass, 1563. 

Prohibited from wearing- 
Articles not furnished by Quartermaster's Department, 1559. 
Articles not fumislied to their organizations, 1558. 

Recruiting parties — 

Instructions relative to, Uis, 1419. 
White, summer, 1419. 

Sample garments for "trying on," 1.506. 

Service, modifications in, 1549. 

Shoes. (See Shoes, p. 398.) 

Traveling on transports, 512, 513, 1544. 
Hooks on coats below buttons, prohibited, 1557. 
Insignia for marksmanship, 555. 
Inspections, who prescribes the, 56, 77. 
Inspectors', during their inspections, 1545. 
Laundering of the new olive-drab, 944. 
Medals. (See Medals, p. 347.) 
Military convicts, wearing of, etc., 1119. 
Nurse Corps (female), 1570. 
Officers- 
Appearing with troops, 154.1. 

Cloth for, where procured, 1554. 

Dress and full dress, ofTicers of Quartermaster's Department, modifications, 
1549. 

Inspection and verification by commanding officers, 1548. 

Maintaining their, neat and serviceable, 1548. 

Not ser\-ing with troops, wearing during hours of duty, 1551, 1552. 



INDEX. 41*7 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise indicated.] 

Uniform— Contmued. 
Officers— Continued. 

Patterns of, to be kept by chief quartermasters, 1556. 
Providing themselves with, 1548. 
Recruiting, 1418. 

Samples of cloth and braid for guidance of, 1555. 
Service, modifications to go into effect July 1, 1912, 1549. 
To set an example in neatness and strict conformity to regulations, 1550. 
Old and new patterns, issue, 1565. 
Regulations, 1543. 

Service, prescribing woolen or cotton as to season and climate, 1546. 
Spurs, change in design, 1549. 
Suspenders, when worn, must not be visible, 1561. 
Troops on trrinsports, regulations, 1544. 
United States Army Transports. (See Army Transports, p. 255.) 
United States Military Prison: 
Board of government, 613. 
Companies, authorized, 478. 

Correspondence between heads of staff departments and officers on duty at, 1348. 
Inspection— 

By whom and how often made, scope, etc., 45, 68. 
Report of, addressing and forwarding, 68, 118, 119. 
Report of remedial action on defects, etc., 124, 128. 
Shot guns for guarding prisoners, 403. 
United States Penitentiary: 

Inspection of military convicts in, 41. 
Universities. (See Educational Institutions, p. 294.) 
Unsuitable Stores: 

Definition and disposition, 248-251,253. 
Vacancies: 

Inspector General's Department, how filled, 1, 3. 
Vaccination: 

Accepted applicants for enlistment, 1421. 
Troops ordered for foreign service, 525. 
Verllication: 

Arms, uniforms and ecjuipments by commanding officers, 371, 1070. 
Cash, disbursing officer's account current, 215, 216. 
Fuel, forage, and straw, quarterly, 1220. 
Inspection of money accounts — 

Accountability, how determined, 142(!). 

Amount of cheeks drawn since last inspection, how determined, 142(/). 
Cash, 141, 142(c). 
Funds on deposit, 142(fc), 242. 
Medical property, annual, 1242. 
Ordnance property to be turned in, 1270. 
Quartermaster's supplies, inventory at least once a year, 1219. 
Subsistence stores, monthly inventory, 1237. 
Vessels: 

Anchoring near military cables, 812. 
Danger zones of richochets, 826. 
Loss, destruction, or damage, action, 1540. 
(See Boats, p. 264.) 
12969°— 12 27 



418 INDEX. 

[Numbers refer to paragraphs when not otherwise iadicated.] 

Veterinarians: 

Campaign badges for, 551. 
Cavalry and field artillery- 
Death benefit to widow, 1572. 
Mounts, horse equipments, and forage, 1572. 
Orders to enlisted men, 157.'H. 
Pay and allowances, 1.572, 1573. 
Retirement, 1.572. 

Revolver and ammunition on field duty, 1572. 
Revolver range practice, 1572. 
Saluted by enlisted men, 1573. 
Status and duties, 1572-1575. 
Inspection of l)eef cattle and fresh beef, 71, 1575. 
Mallein treatment of animals by, 1135, 1178. 
Veterinary hospitals, 1570, 1577. 
Veterinary supplies. 121S, 157(1. 
Veterinary textbooks, 1570. 
Veterinary Hospital: 

Supplies and equipment, 1576. 
Where authorized, 1577. 
Veterinary Supplies: 

Stock to be kept at posts and stations, 1218. 
Supply table, 157tl. 
Vinegar: 

Officers' private mounts, 1134. 
Public animals, 14S3. 
Visitors: 

Coast defenses, 722. 
Visual Signal Outfits. (See Signal outfits, p. 399.) 
Voltmeters: 

Fortifications, supplied by Signal Corps, 723(6). 
Volunteers: 

Board, examination of persons specially qualified to hold commissions in, 601. 
Command of mixed corps Ijy officers of, 954. 
Vouchers: 

Abbreviations A. R. and R. S., to be used in, 1330. 
Clothing, inspection, 94. 
Fractions in footings, how treated, 1479. 
Hospital fund, 790, 791, 793. 

Inventory and inspection reports are valid, on worthless property, 275. 
Money- 
Cash payments— 

Authorized, when, 189, 228. 
Notations on, 187. 
Receipt, form, 190. 
Certified by claimant, 188. 
Check payments, data to be noted on, ISO, 197. 
Computation of time, rules, 194. 
Copies of— 

Duplicate, triplicate, etc., making, 192. 
Memorandum form authorized, 192. 
I'apers establishing validity of, 190. 
Depositary accounts to be designated on, 206. 



INDEX. 419 

[Numbers refer to parasraphs wlieri uol otherwise indicated. J 

Vouchers — Continued . 
Money —Cont inued . 

Duebills against the United Slates, 197. 
Expense accounts to be verified by affidavit, 188. 
Fractions of a cent, 193. 
Money accounts, inspection, 13ti, 137, 142. 
Money orders, international, purcliase, 198. 
Name Ln heading to agree with signature, 191. 
Number or other description of, to be noted on checks, 146. 
Paymasters', inspection, 138. 
Preparation, etc., 184, 232. 
Purchases, data to be given on, 195. 
Quartermaster's Department, preparation, 232. 
Receipts- 
Cash payments, 189, 190. 
Cash transferred, 187. 

Check payments, not to be given, exception, 185, 186. 
Deposits, 22S. 

In advance of actual payments, 185. 
Services — 

Not personal, data to be given on, 195. 
Personal compensation, 188. 
Signature to, rules, 191. 
Traveling expenses of civilian employees, 648. 
Unpaid accounts as duebills, 197. 
Post commander to scrutinize. 1064. 
Property — 

Quartermaster's Department, preparation, 1217. 
Transferred from one bureau or department to another, 179. 
Wapon Company: 

Organization, 1528. 
M'aiioners: 

Disrating prior to discharge, 1007. 
AVasons: 

Battery and store, field artillery, inspection for condemnation, 331. 
(See Transportation, p. 413.) 
Waist-Beit Adapters: 

Inspection for condemnation, 330. 
Issue and use, 411. 
Walks: 

Care of, at national cemeteries, 973. 
Seacoast posts, repair, etc., 12Z{d). 
Waste Products: 

Accumulations, how disposed of, 1198, 1199. 
Watches: 

Field artillery personnel, for inspections, drills, etc., 431. 
Watcrlnsj: 

Public animals, 1175. 
Water Supply: 

Analysis of water at posts and camps, 1579. 
Changes or extensions of permanent systems, 1578. 
Fortifications, 723(a), (d). 
Water Transportation. (See Army Transports, p. 255; and Transportation, p. 413.) 



420 INDEX. 

I Niiml)prs rofor to paraKrai)lis wlu'ii not otherwise indicated.] 

Wpstem Division: 

Commander, dtitios regarding oerlain officers en route to Philippines, 502. 
Wlilstlps: 

Issue to infantry companies, 455. 
Wiiitl CoitipniieDt Indlrators: 

Fortifications, supplied 1)y Ordnance Department, T23(c). 
Windows: 

Emplacement, to be kept open during service practice, 719. 
\Mn<lo>v Shades: 

Inspection for condemnation, 3()*i. 
Wiring: 

i'ortificalions— 

Kngiueer pole lines, use by Signal Corps, 723(6). 

I'ower and liglit installed by Engineer Department, 723(a). 

Supplied by Signal Corps, 723(6). 

Seacoast defenses, inspection for condemnation, 279(d), 315, 342. 
Witnesses: 

Disbursing officer's cash balance, 215, 216. 

Oaths, 2(i. 

Officers as, to destruction of wortlil ss property, 27.5, 14S5. 

Signatures, money vouchers, 191. 

Testimony of, to acts of courage or bravery by officers, 1012. 
Year: 

Inspection year is fiscal year, 41. 
Youna; Men's Christian AssocIaUon: 

Secretary, transportation on Army transports, law, 537. 
Zone Signals: 

Fortifications, supplied by Signal Corps, 723(6). 



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